Port Royal is concerned about the number trees slated for removal but a hospital spokesperson says the trees are diseased and a threat to fall ...

“All that happened right here in Beaufort,” says City Councilman Mitch Mitchell, marveling at the city’s important role in the nation’s history ... to issue the Emancipation Proclamation.

On Jan. 1, 1863, the Emancipation Proclamation was read to the men of the First South Carolina volunteers, along with hundreds of other formerly enslaved people, in a stand of live oak trees at ...

I also know how important education and children’s learning is not just from my profession, but also from my own family’s history ... Americans in the post-emancipation, early 20th century.

Other highlights of the past year include participating in African Landing Day at Fort Monroe last summer, having her picture taken under the Emancipation Oak on the Hampton University campus ...

What is Illinois famous for? Chicago, the Land of Lincoln, Willis Tower, corn and Frank Lloyd Wright's architecture are on ...

DC was only part of the U.S. to pay off slave owners for freeing enslaves persons they held.

D.C. Emancipation Day celebrations continue, with a parade, festival, and concert commemorating the end of slavery in the ...

The holiday has long served as a reminder of D.C.’s lack of statehood. Trump’s attacks on policies and ideology promoting ...

Emancipation Day marks the abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia on April 16, 1862. More than 3,000 enslaved ...

Thousands turned out Sunday to partake in D.C.’s parade marking Emancipation Day, the day in 1862 that 3,000 enslaved people ...