The colored inhabitants of Norfolk and vicinity celebrated to-day as the first annual anniversary of their freedom, as given them under the President's Emancipation Proclamation. Four regiments of ...

On January 1st, 1863 President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, declaring freedom for all people held as slaves in rebel states. This week marks the anniversary of an ...

Jamestown Mayor Eddie Sundquist, who was in attendance for the celebration, presented the club with a proclamation for their 100th anniversary. State Sen. George Borrello also sent a proclamation to ...