The 161st commemoration celebration for the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation will be held in Safford on Jan. 1 at 11 a.m.
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The 157th Commemoration Celebration for the Emancipation Proclamation will take place on January 1 hosted by the Selma-Dallas Emancipation Proclamation Committee. The event commemorates the historic proclamation, which went into effect in 1863 to change the status of those who were slaves to freed people. The theme for the 2020 celebration will be “The African […]