IT’S BEEN OVER A YEAR SINCE I SAW THIS POST I’M SO HAPPY
I’ve posted it once and I’ll post it again.
It should be a rule of Halloween that you must honor this man in some way or another.
I think I laughed too hard, everyone in my class is staring at me omg
Nearly stepped on this coming out of work tonight.
I Set Up A Donation Button
So as many of you know, My mom has been out of work since late June for medical reasons. And I never really went into details but with how things are now I guess I will share everything.
My mom started having pains in the middle of May and told us it felt like her…
September 22, 1862: Abraham Lincoln Issues Emancipation Proclamation
On this day in 1862, President Abraham Lincoln issued a preliminary Emancipation Proclamation. This declaration set a date for the freedom of more than three million black slaves in the United States.
The Emancipation Proclamation ordered the emancipation of all slaves residing in Confederate states that had not returned to Union control by January 1, 1963. It emphasized the mission of the Civil War as a fight against slavery.
The Emancipation Proclamation was signed and issued on January 1, 1863.
To read Lincoln’s legendary decree, visit Ken Burns’s The Civil War site.
Image: The first reading of the Emancipation Proclamation before the cabinet / painted by F.B. Carpenter ; engraved by A.H. Ritchie, circa 1866. (Library of Congress)