Emancipation Proclamation
Lincoln Eatery Donates Funds To Lincoln’s Cottage
To celebrate D.C. Emancipation Day, Washington’s Lincoln restaurant is donating a portion of its sales to support President Lincoln’s cottage.
Watch Nights Mark Emancipation Proclamation 150th
As New Year’s Day approached 150 years ago, all eyes were on President Abraham Lincoln in expectation of what he warned 100 days earlier would be coming — his final proclamation declaring all slaves in states rebelling against the Union to be “forever free.”
Lincoln’s Cottage Displays Copy Of Emancipation Proclamation
President Lincoln’s Cottage is displaying a rare, signed copy of the Emancipation Proclamation to mark the 150th anniversary of the order to freeing slaves during the Civil War.
Antietam Battle So Big, There Are 2 Re-Enactments
The Civil War Battle of Antietam was so big, they’re re-enacting it twice. And nearly 8,000 re-enactors had to make a choice: strictly regimented realism or bombastic spectacle?
Lincoln’s Cottage In D.C. Tackles Modern Slavery
The house where President Abraham Lincoln drafted the Emancipation Proclamation some 150 years ago is confronting the reality that more people are held in modern-day slavery than at the height of the trans-Atlantic slave trade.
D.C. Government Closed In Honor Of Emancipation Day
District government offices and schools are closed in observance of Emancipation Day.
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