Census Bureau's American Community Survey: Juneteenth - June 19, 2024
June 19, 2024
June 19, 2024
WASHINGTON, June 19 -- The U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey issued the following news release:
From the National Archives: The Emancipation Proclamation
"President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863, as the nation approached its third year of bloody civil war. The proclamation declared 'that all persons held as slaves' within the rebellious states 'are, and henceforward shall be free.'
"Despite th . . .
From the National Archives: The Emancipation Proclamation
"President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863, as the nation approached its third year of bloody civil war. The proclamation declared 'that all persons held as slaves' within the rebellious states 'are, and henceforward shall be free.'
"Despite th . . .