Watch Night, also known as Freedom’s Eve, is a sacred New Year’s Eve tradition in Black communities rooted in Christian worship and remembrance of Dec. 31, 1862, when enslaved and free African ...

On Jan. 1, Bartow County will continue a tradition dating back to 1929 with an event commemorating the passage of the ...

A copy of the Emancipation Proclamation signed by President Abraham Lincoln is available for public viewing at the Abraham ...

The 161st Emancipation Proclamation Service will be held on Thursday, Jan. 1, at noon at the Greenwood Baptist Church, 1175 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd, Warrenton.

Betty Reid Soskin, the National Park Service's oldest ranger, died Sunday. As a ranger, she shed light on the painful reality ...

This walkable Houston neighborhood is the perfect place to stroll around, taking in sights of historic houses, visiting lush ...

The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum will display a signed copy of the Emancipation Proclamation beginning Jan ...

Artist Gilbert Stuart made numerous paintings of the first president. The copy that's up for sale was commissioned by James ...

The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum is showcasing a copy of the Emancipation Proclamation signed by Lincoln as a part of a special exhibit.

How Abraham Lincoln and a magazine illustrator elevated Christmas to a national holiday, and used it to win the Civil War.

The National Abolition Hall of Fame and Museum  will exhibit a facsimile of the Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, a gift ...

An authorized and printed edition of the Emancipation Proclamation's full text signed by President Abraham Lincoln is going ...