Posts Tagged ‘abraham lincoln’
History of Juneteenth: and the Emancipation Proclamation
Reading Time: 4 minutesHISTORY OF JUNETEENTH: and the Emancipation Proclamation une Nineteenth, or Juneteenth, historically marked the celebration of the emancipation of African-American slaves in Texas in 1865. While the annual celebration started in Texas the following year in 1866, and became an official Texas state holiday there in 1980, this formerly obscure holiday is now observed across…
Read MoreHistory of the Civil War: When was the First Shot?
Reading Time: 3 minutesHISTORY OF THE CIVIL WAR: FIRST SHOT FIRED Podcast version hat was the “trigger” that started the American Civil War? On April 12, 1861, the first formal hostilities of the American Civil War occurred when Confederate troops attacked the military installation at Fort Sumter in South Carolina. The Fort, located in Charleston Harbor,…
Read MoreHistory of the Gettysburg Address
Reading Time: 3 minutesHISTORY OF THE GETTYSBURG ADDRESS Abraham Lincoln, on November 19, 1863, began his address in Gettysburg: Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. With only nine more sentences, he dedicated a new…
Read MoreAbraham Lincoln’s Thanksgiving Proclamation – 1863
Reading Time: 2 minutesABRAHAM LINCOLN’S THANKSGIVING PROCLAMATION – 1863 Following the initial Presidential Thanksgiving proclamations of George Washington, John Adams, and James Madison, there were no further Presidential proclamations for this day until Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States, proclaimed a national Thanksgiving Day during the Civil War, but it was not initially in November.…
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