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Mayor, City Council recognize Emancipation Day with proclamation | The Union-Recorder

The Union-Recorder 16 Jan 2026
Howell and his mother accept a copy of a city proclamation in observance of the Emancipation Proclamation ... Abraham Lincoln signed the historic Emancipation Proclamation that led to the end of slavery for countless Black Americans.
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Freedom Day: A reckoning with January 1

Indianapolis Recorder 15 Jan 2026
Enslaved and free Black people gathered across the country, waiting for midnight, when the Emancipation Proclamation would take effect ... Emancipation did not invent Watch Night; it transformed it.
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Keep it Moving in 2026 Knoxville’s Emancipation Day Decree

The Tennessee Tribune 09 Jan 2026
Zion Baptist Church for the 163rd National Observance of the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation ... The event was well attended with representatives from many local churches, state and local officials, community leaders ... Copyright TNTRIBUNE 2026.
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Rep. Griffin guest speaker at Emancipation Proclamation event | The Union-Recorder

The Union-Recorder 08 Jan 2026
Griffin (D-Milledgeville) was the keynote speaker at the Emancipation Proclamation event held Jan ... “Emancipation Day is not just a commemoration of the past,” Griffin said ... Emancipation Proclamation.
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Today In History, January 1: Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation

Rocky Mount Telegram 02 Jan 2026
Today is Thursday, Jan. 1, the first day of 2026. There are 364 days left in the year. This is New Year’s Day ....
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America 250: Presidential Message on the Anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation (President of the United States)

Public Technologies 02 Jan 2026
Presidential Message on the Anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation ... With the Emancipation Proclamation declaring that those held in slavery in the ... The Emancipation Proclamation set the stage for ...
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America 250: Presidential Message on the Anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation (ONDCP - Office of National Drug Control Policy)

Public Technologies 02 Jan 2026
With the Emancipation Proclamation declaring that those held in slavery in the ... The Emancipation Proclamation set the stage for the ultimate abolition of slavery, culminating in the ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment nearly 2 years later.
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America 250: Presidential Message on the Anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation (Office of Science and Technology Policy)

Public Technologies 02 Jan 2026
Presidential Message on the Anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation ... With the Emancipation Proclamation declaring that those held in slavery in the ... The Emancipation Proclamation set the stage for ...
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State Rep. Griffin will deliver Emancipation Day address | The Union-Recorder

The Union-Recorder 30 Dec 2025
(D-Milledgeville) will deliver the keynote address at the annual Emancipation Day program Thursday at Wesley Chapel African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church ... “Emancipation Day is not just a ...
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Peterboro remembers Emancipation Proclamation at New Year’s Eve ‘Watch Night’ event

The Post-Standard 30 Dec 2025
29, 2025, 8.02 a.m."Reading the Emancipation Proclamation 1864."Provided photo ... A facsimile of Lincoln’s “Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation,” a gift from the New York State Museum, will be on display.
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See Lincoln’s signed Emancipation Proclamation in Springfield now

The Courier - Lincoln 26 Dec 2025
A copy of the Emancipation Proclamation signed by President Abraham Lincoln is available for public viewing at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum (ALPLM) in Springfield ... The Emancipation Proclamation will be on display until Feb.
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Messages from Ware students highlight Emancipation event

The Blackshear Times 24 Dec 2025
Special to the WJH The Waycross Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. presents its Emancipation Proclamation at noon, January 1 at John’s Missionary Baptist Church, 864 Oak Street ... .
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