SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield will mark Juneteenth — the holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the United States — by displaying a rare ...
A museum on Thursday unveiled a rare copy of the Emancipation Proclamation, the document signed in 1863 by President Abraham Lincoln declaring the freedom of slaves in the Confederate states. The ...
The Emancipation Proclamation is a landmark of American history. As divisive as it was daring. Abraham Lincoln’s historical document, issued as the nation was consumed in an unthinkably violent civil ...
Across the United States, there will be re-enactments and parades, cannon salutes and speeches. The U.S. Postal Service plans to issue a commemorative stamp, while the Massachusetts Historical Society ...
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