Abraham Lincoln, in a stirring call to spiritual unity amid the carnage of the Civil War, issued his emotionally powerful Thanksgiving proclamation on this day in history, Oct. 3, 1863. The president ...

President Abraham Lincoln’s powerful Thanksgiving proclamation, issued amid the carnage of the Civil War, gave the holiday its statement of purpose. It is "to set apart and observe the last Thursday ...

"This collection arose from a symposium on the Emancipation Proclamation held at the Pennsylvania State University in April 2007 as part of the Steven and Janice Brose Distinguished Lecture Series ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Members of a Ukrainian youth hockey team look at a display of Lincoln's cabinet reacting to the first reading of the Emancipation ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A copy of the Emancipation Proclamation signed by President Abraham Lincoln is available for public viewing at the Abraham Lincoln ...

On October 3, 1863, Abraham Lincoln made a proclamation encouraging Americans, “in the midst of a civil war of unequaled magnitude and severity,” to set aside a day for the purpose of solemnly, ...

A print based on David Gilmour Blythe’s painting of Lincoln writing the Emancipation Proclamation. In many Americans’ recollections, the Emancipation Proclamation was a landmark piece of legislation ...

A rare signed copy of the Emancipation Proclamation will be displayed this month at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield in honor of Juneteenth, the holiday commemorating ...

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with the executive director of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum about an original copy of Emancipation Proclamation it is displaying for Juneteenth.

"We shall nobly save, or meanly lose, the last best hope of earth." The 160th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation, celebrated this New Year’s Day, offers not only the remembrance of one of ...

On this day, September 22, 1862, President Abraham Lincoln had a preliminary version of his Emancipation Proclamation delivered to the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives. This was five days ...

Michel Martin speaks with Christopher Bonner, a historian at the University of Maryland, about the significance of the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, which was issued on Sept. 22, 1862. We're ...