The meeting soon adjourned, and the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation ... Yet even when Lincoln acted decisively on September 22, he announced that he would sign the act only 100 days hence ...

Why does Florida celebrate Emancipation Day on May 20th? Neighborhood reporter Ashley Engle explores the state’s unique journey to freedom and how communities are preserving that history today.

But it was ultimately Lincoln and the Emancipation Proclamation that carried the day ... If you have an account and are registered for online access, sign in with your email address and password below ...

While not as widely celebrated as Juneteenth — which marks June 19, 1865, as the day the last city in the "rebellious states," Galveston, Texas, was informed its enslaved population was free — ...

However, this only applied in Washington, D.C.; Lincoln would sign his famous Emancipation Proclamation eight and a half months later, on Jan. 1, 1863. Most Washington D.C. government offices and ...

Hundreds of locals and dignitaries listened to a reading from the Emancipation Proclamation to celebrate the historic day.

Mr. Leonard Swett addressed the Union Veteran Club of Chicago, a few evenings ago, and gave some interesting reminiscences of President Lincoln, whom he knew intimately several years before the war.

Hailey Heseltine [email protected] Tuesday, May 20th, marks the 160th anniversary of Florida Emancipation Day, when ...

Weeks before Juneteenth and two years after the Emancipation Proclamation, freedom finally arrived in Florida. This Pensacola museum will celebrate.

The city of Gainesville's "Journey to Juneteenth" celebration includes a film festival, a cookout, art at the Harn Museum and ...