Emancipation Celebration

ID: 1704
This file appears in: 8th of August

This newspaper woodcut shows an 1863 emancipation day celebration at Port Royal, South Carolina. Courtesy of the Library of Congress.

This file appears in: 8th of August

By Tim Talbott
Historical Marker #1957 in Paducah commemorates the eighth day of August. African Americans in Paducah have traditionally observed this day in celebration of their ancestors' emancipation from…