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The Post-Star
16 Jun 2026
National Park Foundation Announces Historic Loan of Emancipation Proclamation and 13th Amendment to the Lincoln ...
The documents are loaned in celebration of America's 250ᵗʰ Anniversary and grand opening of the Lincoln Memorial Undercroft ... .
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The Daily Item
16 Jun 2026
Chip Minemyer | Journalists fought injustice ahead of emancipation, Juneteenth – and still do
Journalists in the mid-1800s were on the front lines of the push to end slavery, sounding off in the pages of their newspapers, some risking their businesses and their own lives for the cause ....
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The Norman Transcript
15 Jun 2026
COLUMN: Journalists fought injustice ahead of emancipation, Juneteenth – and still do
Journalists in the mid-1800s were on the front lines of the push to end slavery, sounding off in the pages of their newspapers, some risking their businesses and their own lives for the cause ... .
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National Park Foundation Announces Historic Loan of Emancipation Proclamation and 13th Amendment to the Lincoln Memorial from Kenneth C. Griffin
PR Newswire 15 Jun 2026
The Emancipation Proclamation and the 13ᵗʰ Amendment marked a profound step forward, abolishing the scourge of slavery and moving the country closer to its founding ideals," said Mr.
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See the Emancipation Proclamation during Juneteenth at Lincoln Museum
The Courier - Lincoln 11 Jun 2026
It is the first time in more than a decade that visitors can view both the Emancipation Proclamation and the 13th Amendment, each signed by Abraham Lincoln, at the same time ... Emancipation Proclamation on public display.
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The Blackshear Times
10 Jun 2026
Over 200 descendants of emancipated man Peter Merchant gather for first ever family reunion
The historic event was dedicated to honoring the life and legacy of Peter Merchant, an ancestor who was enslaved in Pierce County around 1845 and later left for new opportunities following emancipation..
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Collector donates rare print to Teaneck library
northjersey.com 06 Jun 2026
Teaneck NJ residents unite against hate with coffee and walks ... Earlier in June, Gross gifted the library with "The Emancipation of the Negroes - The Past and the Future," by artist Thomas Nast ... The answer is that both should be memorialized.
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‘Education, reflection and joy:’ Columbus gears up for biggest Juneteenth Jubilee yet
Ledger Enquirer 04 Jun 2026
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Juneteenth Isn’t America’s Only Emancipation Day
Newsweek 03 Jun 2026
Juneteenth is America's best-known emancipation celebration—but not its only one.
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Reflector
28 May 2026
The forgotten story of abolition in revolutionary France – the first emancipation
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) ... .
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‘The First Emancipation’ Review: Abolition in Revolutionary France
Wall Street Journal 27 May 2026
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Come Alive returns on Emancipation Day - Jamaica Observer
Jamaica Observer 26 May 2026
Come Alive returns on Emancipation Day .
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Booker T. Washington National Monument to Commemorate 161st Anniversary of Emancipation and Juneteenth (NPS - National Park Service)
Public Technologies 26 May 2026
This commemorative event begins on Friday, June 19, with a series of guided programs and activities that highlight Washington's enslaved childhood on the Burroughs plantation and the importance of emancipation to Washington and to the nation.
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David Banner’s comments are a reminder as to why Florida’s Emancipation Day matters
The Miami Herald 22 May 2026
Florida’s Emancipation Day is May 20th ... .
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Gainesville marks emancipation with Juneteenth kickoff ceremony
The Gainesville Sun 20 May 2026
Edward McCook stood on the steps of the Knott House that day in Tallahassee and read the Emancipation Proclamation ... “On May 20, the approximately 61,000 enslaved people in our state finally were emancipated.”.
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