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 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 town of Port Royal is renewing a call to the federal Naval Hospital to restore public access to a site where thousands of freed slaves and soldiers gathered under a large oak tree near the ...

Charleston's annual Emancipation Parade is set for Jan. 1 to mark 163 years since President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation. READ MORE | "International African American Museum ...