Before Juneteenth, there was Emancipation Day. This past Thursday, Jan. 1, 2026 was the 163rd anniversary of an historical ...

On Jan. 1, 1863 President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, granting freedom to all enslaved persons ...

On 1863, President Abraham Lincoln signed the legendary Emancipation Proclamation—one of the most significant documents in human history and a ...

To Christy Coleman, president of the American Civil War Center at Historic Tredegar, the Emancipation Proclamation is one of the most important documents in American history. "I'd put it in the top ...

The public is invited to Peterboro, in Madison County, on Wednesday for a New Year’s Eve event commemorating the issuing of President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation in 1862. Events run ...

View Abraham Lincoln's signed Emancipation Proclamation at ALPLM in Springfield, featured in a special exhibit celebrating ...

Discussions of the Emancipation Proclamation on the national and state level will be held Sept. 17 and 21 as the document's 150th anniversary nears. A program sponsored by the National Endowment of ...

President Abraham Lincoln signed the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation 162 years ago this week. To celebrate, dozens of people gathered for the unveiling of a new presidential statue outside the ...

In Milledgeville, over 100 gathered to mark the Emancipation Proclamation's anniversary, reflecting on its enduring impact ...

On November 6, 1860 Abraham Lincoln was elected President of the United States -- an event that outraged southern states. The Republican party had run on an anti-slavery platform, and many southerners ...

In “Born Equal,” Akhil Reed Amar paints a sprawling portrait of 19th-century America in thrall to its founding moment. By Jeff Shesol Is our vaunted system really safe from the shameless likes of ...