US Archives to display Emancipation Proclamation

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Last Updated : Feb 06 2014 | 12:40 AM IST
The US National Archives is placing President Abraham Lincoln's original Emancipation Proclamation on display in Washington to mark Black History Month.
The special display will run from February 15 to February 17. The document will be shown in the archives' new "Records of Rights" permanent exhibit about the evolution of rights and freedoms from the nation's founding.
The Emancipation Proclamation was issued by Lincoln during the Civil War in 1863 to proclaim the freedom of all slaves held in the secessionist South. The proclamation also was an invitation for black men to join the Union Army and Navy, and it made slavery a top wartime issue.
The original document is displayed for only a limited time each year because of its fragile condition.
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First Published: Feb 06 2014 | 12:40 AM IST

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