Every seat was filled during the Knott House Museum's Emancipation Day celebration and reenactment May 20. The event featured a reading of the Emancipation Proclamation from Brian Bibeau, who's been ...

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 ...

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 a sunny Tuesday in May in downtown Tallahassee, flags flapped in the breeze as a uniformed color guard solemnly marched toward the steps of the Knott House. On the porch, a reading of the ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) — An annual parade in downtown Charleston celebrates the historical meaning behind the first day of each year. Emancipation Day commemorates the anniversary of the Emancipation ...

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 ...

Kloss, William & Diane K. Skvarla, "United States Senate catalogue of fine art," Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 2002. U. S. Senate Commission on Art, 1989. Architect of the Capitol ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Councilwoman Ju’Coby Pittman, the Ritz Theater & Museum and the City of Jacksonville hosted the fifth annual Jacksonville Emancipation Celebration at Lift Ev’re Voice and Sing ...

The public announcement and implementation of Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation was fraught with political and policy implications. Lincoln had decided to issue the proclamation—effectively ...

Leon County and the city of Tallahassee announced service changes and closings, but also events, for May 20 in observation of Florida's Emancipation Day. This year marks the fifth time since Leon ...