One of about two dozen surviving original copies of the Emancipation Proclamation will go on display ... resources for teachers and parents, a photo gallery and links to other sources of ...

(Editor’s Note: President George Washington issued the following proclamation on Oct. 3, 1789). By the President of the United States of America, a Proclamation. Whereas it is the duty of all ...

learned that they had been freed two years earlier by the Emancipation Proclamation. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) *** BESTPIX *** WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 19: Miss Juneteenth Georgia ...

thousands of people lined up outside the National Archives in Washington on Monday to see rarely exhibited original versions of the Emancipation Proclamation and General Order No. 3. The former is ...

The handbill that informed slaves in Texas of their freedom was given out June 19, 1865, more than two years after President ...

Document Deep Dive: http://j.mp/SUXoTF How the Emancipation Proclamation Came to Be Signed: http://j.mp/12q5SE0 What did it take to pull together a draft of the ...

CHICAGO, Wednesday, Nov. 4. The original draft of the Emancipation, which was donated to the Northwestern Fair for the benefit of the Sanitary Commission, is now in the hands of the Commission who ...

According to the request made in your behalf, the original draft of the Emancipation Proclamation is herewith inclosed. The formal words at the top and the conclusion, except the signature ...

The proclamation recognized the book’s anniversary on March 13, the same day as Hubbard’s birthday. The book was published on May 9, 1950. The original proclamation was included on the agenda ...