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 ...

Parishioners at Russell Temple Methodist Church in Bridgeport observed the 163rd anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation. Donald Trump changes his mind on tariffs again Rob Gronkowski reveals ...

On January 1, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln signed the legendary Emancipation Proclamation—one of the most significant documents in human history and a grand edict that paved the way to the ...

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 ...

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 ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) - An opportunity to get a closer look at one of the most important documents in the history of the United States. The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum will ...

More than 80 vendors will be at the free event, which is being put on at Selma High School until 2 p.m. Friday. Here in Montgomery, where Dr. King once lived and preached, MLK Day celebrations are ...

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 ...

(WDBJ) - On September 22nd, 1862, Abraham Lincoln issued a preliminary Emancipation Proclamation. It was a threat to free all enslaved people in the Confederacy if those states did not return to the ...

1862: President Abraham Lincoln reading the Emancipation Proclamation, which declared that all those enslaved in rebel-held territory would be "thenceforward, and forever, free." Credit - MPI/Getty ...