3/20/2024 0 Comments Blue loading gif transparent![]() Sonja Griffin Evans hopes that the painting encourages us to find peace with God and all mankind. 'Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory' reminds us how crucial it is to define what we mean by freedom, so that we know what we’re looking for and what we’re hoping to attain. It visually tells a story that encourages us to understand that denying people their human rights is to challenge their very humanity. This piece is an expression of one of the first moment of freedom for a people who maintained the strength, faith, and determination, despite the many adversities they faced in a life of bondage, violence, despair, and oppression. Helena Island in the Penn Center National Historic Landmark District and Camp Saxton, located in Port Royal. Within the painting are images of designated sites included in the Reconstruction Era National Historical Park- Darrah Hall and Brick Baptist Church, both located on St. The painting depicts January 1, 1863, when General Rufus Saxton assembled a large populace on the site of Smith Plantation for one of the earliest readings of the Emancipation Proclamation. She was asked to create it to celebrate the One Year Anniversary of the Reconstruction Era National Historical Park, designated by President Barack Obama. 'Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory' is the first painting in the Reconstruction Era National Historical Park Collection and is by local artist Sonja Griffin Evans. Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory, Reconstruction Era National Historical Park Collection, – Acrylic on Canvas, 48 x 60, 2018 © Sonja Griffin Evans ![]()
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