Special behind-the-scenes press opportunity and photo-op. Photograph/videotape the original Emancipation Proclamation, learn about its history and conservation from the experts, and hear about measures the National Archives takes to protect it by limited display each year.
The Emancipation Proclamation is displayed only for a limited time each year to protect it from over exposure to light, and to preserve it for future generations.
WHO:
* Archivist of the United States David S. Ferriero
* National Archives archivist Reginald Washington
* National Archives Conservation Lab Deputy Director Kitty Nicholson
* Foundation for the National Archives Chair and President A'Lelia Bundles
* Verizon Foundation President Rose Stuckey Kirk
For more about the year-long National Archives’ celebration of this historic anniversary, including the free special display of the original document from December 30, 2012 through January 1, 2013, see www.archives.gov/press/press-releases/2013/nr13-20.html.
The 150th anniversary celebration of the Emancipation Proclamation is presented in part by the Verizon Foundation.
About the Emancipation Proclamation:
President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863, during the American Civil War, formally proclaiming the freedom of all slaves held in areas still in revolt. The issuance of this Proclamation clarified and strengthened the position of the Union government, decreased the likelihood of European support of the Confederacy and, as the Union armies extended their occupation of the southern states, brought freedom to the slaves in those states. The Proclamation invited black men to join the Union Army and Navy, resulting in the enlistment of approximately 200,000 freed slaves and free black people before the War's end.
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