Abraham Lincoln overlooks Madison from a granite pedestal. As the 16th president of the United States, Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves legally free within the ...

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

Fremont issued an emancipation proclamation in St. Louis, freeing slaves in Missouri, a bold move that predated President ...

Next month, history buffs will have the opportunity to bid on the gloves that President Lincoln wore on the night of his ...

The Emancipation Day Parade starts at 2 p.m. on Pennsylvania Avenue between 10th and 14th streets NW. After the parade, the ...

CHARLESTON, WV (WOWK) — Those walking by the south-facing entrance of the West Virginia State Capitol may notice a bronze ...