Juneteenth falls on June 19th and is a day to celebrate the end of slavery in the United States. It's an important day for ...

“The Emancipation Proclamation represents a pivotal moment ... document by rotating through each of the five double-sided pages, limiting light exposure to any one page of the document.

Why does Florida celebrate Emancipation Day on May 20th? Neighborhood reporter Ashley Engle explores the state’s unique ...

An important day in Florida’s history is May 20, 1865, 11 days after the Civil War ended. General Edward McCook read the ...

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

The Emancipation Proclamation is a double-sided five-page document. The archives' plan is to display the pages of the document on a rotating basis to limit light exposure, the release said.

The 1863 Emancipation Proclamation, in which former President ... display that the Archives plans to put the double-sided, five-page document on permanent display in the Rotunda that houses ...

22, 1862. Dubbed by historians the "preliminary" Emancipation Proclamation, Lincoln's announcement noted that slavery would end in the United States on Jan. 1, 1863 — the date his proclamation ...

Celebrating the freedom of enslaved Africans in Florida highlighted a Florida Emancipation Day event at a Black museum in ...

When Washington County residents got their hands on a copy of the Washington Reporter and Tribune days later, a front page headline shouted “Emancipation Proclamation!” A headline below it read, ...