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Annual event pays tribute to proclamation

Source: Carteret County News-Times

In Beaufort, South Carolina, people come together every year to remember the day President Lincoln read the Emancipation Proclamation. Read this brief article to see how they celebrate.

This entry was posted in A New Birth of Freedom and tagged Culture & Society, Historic Figures, History on January 1, 2020 by Hilary Woods.

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