The Inkwell used by Lincoln, the Proclamation draft and Lincoln's pen. Robert Clark / Institute On July 20, 1862, John Hay, Lincoln’s private secretary, predicted in a letter that the president “will ...

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 ...

On New Year’s Eve, approximately 100 people gathered at Historic First Baptist Church for a Watch Night service to recognize ...

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

On the night of Dec. 31, 1862, under cover of darkness and winter cold, groups of Americans of African descent — some free, others still enslaved — gathered quietly across the country. As the Civil ...

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On Sept. 22, 1862, partly in response to the heavy losses inflicted at the Battle of Antietam, President Abraham Lincoln issued a preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, threatening to free all the ...

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The St. Louis District Association and the Williams-Nance Foundation will observe the 146th Anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation at 10 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 1 at the Greater Mount Carmel ...

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