Christina Shutt shows ciLiving host, Jaclyn Friedlander the Emancipation Proclamation at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library & Museum. Step inside the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library & ...
On Jan. 1, 1863, Lincoln presided at the annual White House New Year’s reception. Later that afternoon, he retired to his study to sign the Emancipation Proclamation. The first time he attempted to ...
A copy of the Emancipation Proclamation signed by President Abraham Lincoln is available for public viewing at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum (ALPLM) in Springfield. The historic ...
The Lincoln Museum hosts free days Feb. 7 and 12 featuring family activities, live music and access to a signed Emancipation ...
SPRINGFIELD — The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum is showcasing a copy of the Emancipation Proclamation signed by President Lincoln as a part of its "Lincoln: A Life and Legacy that ...
The freeing of slaves in the United States is marked by celebrations known as Juneteenth and Emancipation Day. Though these celebrations are similar, there are differences.
PHILADELPHIA — Less than a year after President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, while our nascent nation was still in the throes of the Civil War, two industrious Philadelphians ...
CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Online primary source: President Lincoln's manuscript of the Emancipation Proclamation, annotated with comments by Civil War historian Harold ...
1862: President Abraham Lincoln reading the Emancipation Proclamation, which declared that all those enslaved in rebel-held territory would be "thenceforward, and forever, free." 1862: President ...
For the 150-year anniversary of the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation, Smithsonian magazine recreated the historic tableau, reuniting an early draft with Lincoln's inkwell and pen for the first ...
MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga. — More than 100 people gathered at a Milledgeville church Wednesday to celebrate the anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation, the historic order President Abraham Lincoln ...