{"id":26059,"date":"2025-12-26T10:20:34","date_gmt":"2025-12-26T16:20:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=26059"},"modified":"2025-12-26T10:22:51","modified_gmt":"2025-12-26T16:22:51","slug":"26059","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/calendar\/26059-26059\/","title":{"rendered":"Emancipation Proclamation On Display"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pdfprnt-buttons pdfprnt-buttons-tribe_events pdfprnt-top-right\"><a href=\"javascript: window.print()\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-print\" target=\"_self\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-print\/images\/print.png\" alt=\"image_print\" title=\"Print Content\" \/><span class=\"pdfprnt-button-title pdfprnt-button-print-title\">Print<\/span><\/a><\/div><p>A copy of the Emancipation Proclamation signed by Abraham Lincoln is now on display at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum, giving the public a rare chance to see the historic document.<\/p>\n<p>Lincoln\u2019s proclamation ordered an end to slavery in Southern states that took up arms against the United States during the Civil War, which included more than three-fourths of the nation\u2019s enslaved African Americans.\u00a0 U.S. soldiers carried palm-sized copies of the Emancipation Proclamation on their march across the South to help spread the word of freedom.<\/p>\n<p>The Emancipation Proclamation will be visible through February 3, when it will be replaced by the only photo of Lincoln lying in state after his assassination.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis document and Lincoln\u2019s signature provide a concrete connection to an incredible moment \u2013 the beginning of the end of slavery in America,\u201d said Christina Shutt, executive director of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum. \u201cWe are proud to give our visitors an additional chance to see it for themselves and to reflect on what it took to free four million Americans from enslavement.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Typically, the ALPLM displays the proclamation during a brief window around Juneteenth, the holiday celebrating the end of slavery in America.\u00a0 But a new display case using cutting-edge technology now allows the ALPLM to display rare documents much longer while still minimizing the amount of harmful light they receive.<\/p>\n<p>The ALPLM\u2019s copy of the proclamation is one of about two dozen remaining.\u00a0 It is signed by both Lincoln and Secretary of State William Seward.\u00a0 These copies were made and then signed by Lincoln so they could be sold to raise money for the care of sick and wounded soldiers.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.PresidentLincoln.illinois.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.PresidentLincoln.illinois.gov<\/a>.\u00a0 You can follow the ALPLM on Facebook, X\/Twitter and Instagram.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A copy of the Emancipation Proclamation signed by Abraham Lincoln is now on display at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum, giving the public a rare chance to see [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","_tribe_events_status":"","_tribe_events_status_reason":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"tribe_events_cat":[40],"class_list":["post-26059","tribe_events","type-tribe_events","status-publish","hentry","tribe_events_cat-community-calendar","cat_community-calendar"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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