Fourth St., Chillicothe. Jubilee Day marks the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation by President Abraham Lincoln. Rev. Moses Edwards Jr., Pastor of First Baptist Church, will be the speaker.

MADISON, Ala. (WHNT) — The annual Jubilee Day Celebration is recognized in North Alabama. The celebration commemorates the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation into law by President Abraham ...

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 ...

Emancipation Day. Freedom Day. Jubilee Day ... original Emancipation Proclamation and General Order No. 3 from June 18 to 20. The museum will also host its Juneteenth Celebration with Playback ...

The observance of June 19, 1865, as the African-American Emancipation Day, also called Freedom Day, has spread across the United States and beyond. It marks the day on which Union soldiers brought ...

The colored people of Brooklyn held a grand jubilee on Friday evening in the Bridge-street African Methodist Church, in honor of the President's Proclamation of freedom. A platform was erected in ...

You may also hear it called Juneteenth Independence Day, Freedom Day, Second Independence Day or Emancipation Day. The Emancipation Proclamation issued by ... as the founder of the National Juneteenth ...

This news was received nearly two and a half years after President Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation – which became official ... Sac State celebrated Juneteenth as an entire campus by hosting a ...

The declaration by the Queen, as part of the Platinum Jubilee celebrations was signed by Elizabeth II and dated 14th June. The Governor read the proclamation to the cheers and applause of the plus ...

Throughout Sunday, local councils have been holding ceremonies to confirm the proclamation ... Palace to attend the Queen's Platinum Jubilee celebrations and there I met three future kings ...