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Emancipation Proclamation: Freedom in Washington, DC
Today’s blog post comes from National Archives social media intern Anna Fitzpatrick. Nine months before President Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, he signed a bill on April 16, 1862, that ended slavery in the District of Columbia. The act finally concluded many years of disagreements over ending ”the national shame” of slavery in the nation’s [...]
Posted by Hilary on December 26, 2012, under - Civil Rights, - Civil War, Letters in the National Archives.
Tags: dc, district of Columbia, Emancipation Proclamation, lincoln, slavery, Thirteenth Amendment
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Emancipation for DC
Today is Emancipation Day for the District of Columbia. Some of you might immediately wonder if this is related to DC’s current efforts to win representation and a vote, but it is a celebration for a different kind of freedom for the residents of DC. Eight and a half months before he signed the Emancipation [...]
Posted by Hilary on April 15, 2011, under - Civil War, Unusual documents.
Tags: Add new tag, dc, district of Columbia, Emancipation Day, freedom, lincoln
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NPRC helps solve headstone riddle at Arlington National Cemetery
When Washington Post reporter Christian Davenport uncovered the headstones of American veterans lying in a murky stream bed at Arlington National Cemetery this month, NARA’s National Personnel Records Center was solicited to help identify one of the partially legible grave markers. Officials at Arlington National Cemetery were unsure how the stones got into the creek, to [...]
Posted by Rob Crotty on June 30, 2010, under News and Events.
Tags: american history, arlington national cemetery, dc, head stones, McLaughlin, NARA, national archives, National archives and records administration, national personnel records center, nprc, odd history, Pieces of History, prologue blog, Prologue magazine, random history, veteran records, virginia, washington, Washington Post, weird US history
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