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Local students and community leaders spoke out in the voices of historical figures on the lawn of Falmouth Public Library Saturday as part of an event to teach the public
Lincoln museum to show rare Emancipation Proclamation for Juneteenth
President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863, but the word of the long-awaited news did not reach enslaved peoples in multiple parts of the country until much later.
Juneteenth, the
Emancipation Proclamation.
While the original Emancipation Proclamation document remains in the National Archives in Washington, D.C., the copy set to be displayed in Illinois has the signatures of
President Abraham Lincoln and former Secretary of State
William Seward. According to the
Associated Press, museum-goers will be able to view the copy from June 15 to July 16.
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President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863; however, word of the long-awaited news did not reach enslaved peoples in some parts of the country until much later.