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 ...

On the night of December 31, 1862, African Americans of all social classes gathered in secret to observe Watch Night, a religious tradition of collective reflection and anticipation of the ...

Just over 160 years ago on Jan. 1, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation in an attempt to save ...

Some friends and I were sharing about the Watch Night Services our families attended when we were children. I shared how ...

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 ...

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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 ...

The National Abolition Hall of Fame and Museum will exhibit a facsimile of the Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, a gift from the New York State Museum at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 31 at 5255 ...

In September 1862, more than 22,000 Americans fell during the Battle of Antietam in Sharpsburg, Maryland. Victory teetered between Robert E. Lee’s Confederate forces and George B McClellan’s Union ...

The Louisiana Department of Health conducted restaurant inspections in Lafayette Parish from Sept. 22 to Sept. 29. Three restaurants had four or more critical violations, which are more likely to ...

A house in Beach Haven that sold for $5.3 million tops the list of the most expensive residential real estate sales in Ocean County in the past week. The county saw a total of 174 residential real ...