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150th Anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation

150th Anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation coloring bookThe Emancipation Proclamation
Commemorative Coloring Book


President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863, announcing,
"that all persons held as slaves. . . henceforward shall be free."

 

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