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Posted: 2/12/2013 4:38:31 AM EST
Wayne Moore, right, looks over the Emancipation Proclamation with the help of Jeff Sellers, left, the curator of education at the Tennessee State Museum on Monday, Feb. 11, 2013, in Nashville, Tenn. The document is at the museum in conjunction with an exhibit titled Discovering the Civil War from the National Archives. The papers will only be on view for 72 hours, which is being spread over seven days. It is scheduled to go on view to the public Tuesday, Feb. 12, and close Monday, Feb. 18. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)
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Posted: 2/12/2013 4:38:31 AM EST
The first two pages of the Emancipation Proclamation are seen at the Tennessee State Museum on Monday, Feb. 11, 2013, in Nashville, Tenn. The full document is at the museum in conjunction with an exhibit titled Discovering the Civil War from the National Archives. The papers will only be on view for 72 hours, which is being spread over seven days. It is scheduled to go on view to the public Tuesday, Feb. 12, and close Monday, Feb. 18. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)
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Posted: 2/12/2013 4:38:31 AM EST
People pass by The Emancipation Proclamation during a special viewing at the Tennessee State Museum on Monday, Feb. 11, 2013, in Nashville, Tenn. The document is at the museum in conjunction with an exhibit titled Discovering the Civil War from the National Archives. The papers will only be on view for 72 hours, which is being spread over seven days. It is scheduled to go on view to the public Tuesday, Feb. 12, and close Monday, Feb. 18. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)
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Posted: 2/12/2013 4:38:31 AM EST
Daniel Falk, left, and Karen Hibbitt, right, both of the National Archives in Washington, D.C., cover the the Emancipation Proclamation following a special viewing at the Tennessee State Museum on Monday, Feb. 11, 2013, in Nashville, Tenn. The document is at the museum in conjunction with an exhibit titled Discovering the Civil War from the National Archives. The papers will only be on view for a total of 72 hours from Tuesday, Feb. 12, and close Monday, Feb. 18, and must be covered and protected from light when not being viewed. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)
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Posted: 2/12/2013 4:38:28 AM EST
The signature of President Abraham Lincoln is seen on the 13th Amendment in a display at the Tennessee State Museum on Monday, Feb. 11, 2013, in Nashville, Tenn. The 13th Amendment, which abolished slavery, is on display along with the Emancipation Proclamation as part of an exhibit titled Discovering the Civil War. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)
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Posted: 1/30/2013 4:38:26 PM EST
FILE - This undated file photo originally released by the Smithsonian, the top hat President Abraham Lincoln wore the night he was assassinated, is shown. Lincoln’s famous top hat, now brown and glossy with age, is currently on display at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History in the “Changing America: The Emancipation Proclamation, 1863 and the March on Washington, 1963” exhibit. It's one of a number of Lincoln artifacts that history buffs can find in the Smithsonian collection in Washington D.C. (AP Photo/Smithsonan, file)
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Posted: 1/30/2013 4:38:26 PM EST
FILE - In this Jan. 10, 2009 file photo, a Secret Service agent stands watch while President-elect Barack Obama, not shown, visits the Lincoln Memorial with his family, none visible, in Washington. The 16th president was one of America's most admired, rising from humble roots in a frontier cabin to become a self-educated lawyer and brilliant politician. As president, he ended slavery by issuing the Emancipation Proclamation and preserved the nation despite the Civil War. The story of his assassination is one of the best-known chapters of American history. Many museums are offering special exhibits for the 150th anniversary of the Civil War and the Emancipation Proclamation. Other sites can be visited any time: You can see the box at Ford's Theatre where Lincoln was shot, stand in the room of the house where he died, walk up the steps of the cottage where he summered, and join the nearly 6 million people who visit the Lincoln Memorial each year. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)
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Posted: 1/29/2013 6:15:08 AM EST
Paramilitary policemen salute the Chinese flag during its raising ceremony to celebrate Tibet's second Serfs Emancipation Day in front of the Potala Palace in Lhasa, Tibet in this file photo taken March 28, 2010. REUTERS/China Daily
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Posted: 1/18/2013 7:43:22 AM EST
Maj. Gen. Kenneth Osuji, commander of the Nigeria Army peace keeping center, left, Maj. Gen. John Zaruwa, commander of the Nigeria peace keeping center, and Lt. Gen. Onyeabo Azubike Ihejirika, Nigeria chief of army staff, right, inspect Nigeria battalion 1 troops before their departure, at the peace keeping center in Jaji, Kaduna, Nigeria, Thursday, Jan. 17, 2013. The Federal Government has approved the immediate deployment of 900 troops as part of the ECOWAS (Economic Community of West African States ) force to push for the emancipation of Northern Mali from the grip of Islamists. (AP Photo)
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Posted: 1/18/2013 7:43:22 AM EST
LT. Gen. Onyeabo Azubike Ihejirika, Nigeria chief of Army Staff, addresses Nigeria battalion 1 troops, part of the African led international support mission to Mali, prior to their departure at the peace keeping center in Jaji, Kaduna, Nigeria, Thursday, Jan. 17, 2013. The Federal Government has approved the immediate deployment of 900 troops as part of the ECOWAS (Economic Community of West African States ) force to push for the emancipation of Northern Mali from the grip of Islamists. (AP Photo)
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Posted: 1/17/2013 2:18:52 PM EST
Maj. Gen. Kenneth Osuji, commander Nigeria Army peace keeping centre, left, Maj. Gen. John Zaruwa, commander Nigeria peace keeping centre, Lt. Gen. Onyeabo Azubike Ihejirika, Nigeria chief of army staff, right, inspect Nigeria battalion 1 troops before their departure, at the peace keeping centre, in Jaji, Kaduna, Nigeria, Thursday, Jan. 17, 2013. The Federal Government has approved the immediate deployment of 900 troops as part of the ECOWAS (Economic Community of West African States ) force to push for the emancipation of Northern Mali from the grip of Islamists. (AP Photo)
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Posted: 1/17/2013 2:18:52 PM EST
Nigeria battalion 1 troops, part of the African led international support mission to Mali are seen before their departure, at the peace keeping centre in Jaji, Kaduna, Nigeria, Thursday, Jan. 17, 2013. The Federal Government has approved the immediate deployment of 900 troops as part of the ECOWAS (Economic Community of West African States ) force to push for the emancipation of Northern Mali from the grip of Islamists. (AP Photo)
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Posted: 1/17/2013 2:18:52 PM EST
Nigeria battalion 1 troops, part of the African led international support mission to Mali pose for a photo, before their departure, at the peace keeping centre in Jaji, Kaduna, Nigeria, Thursday, Jan. 17, 2013. The Federal Government has approved the immediate deployment of 900 troops as part of the ECOWAS (Economic Community of West African States ) force to push for the emancipation of Northern Mali from the grip of Islamists. (AP Photo)
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Posted: 1/17/2013 2:18:52 PM EST
Nigeria battalion 1 troops, part of the African led international support mission to Mali sing before their departure, at the peace keeping centre in Jaji, Kaduna, Nigeria, Thursday, Jan. 17, 2013. The Federal Government has approved the immediate deployment of 900 troops as part of the ECOWAS (Economic Community of West African States ) force to push for the emancipation of Northern Mali from the grip of Islamists. (AP Photo)
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Posted: 1/1/2013 10:06:42 AM EST
Willie Glee of Charleston reads from the Emancipation Proclamation during the Watch Night service at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina December 31, 2012. REUTERS/Randall Hill
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Posted: 12/29/2012 11:18:32 AM EST
FILE - This Nov 4, 2010 file photo shows National Archives visitors looking at a display of President Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation at the National Archives in Washington. As New Year's Day approached 150 years ago, all eyes were on Lincoln in expectation of what he warned 100 days earlier would be coming _ his final proclamation declaring all slaves in states rebelling against the Union to be “forever free.” A tradition began on Dec. 31, 1862, as many black churches held Watch Night services, awaiting word that Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation would take effect as the country was in the midst of a bloody Civil War. Later, congregations listened as the president's historic words were read aloud. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)
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Posted: 12/29/2012 11:18:32 AM EST
FILE - This Feb. 9, 2009 file photo shows the first draft of President Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation that Lincoln presented to his full cabinet on July 22, 1862, displayed at the Library of Congress in Washington. As New Year's Day approached 150 years ago, all eyes were on President Abraham Lincoln in expectation of what he warned 100 days earlier would be coming _ his final proclamation declaring all slaves in states rebelling against the Union to be “forever free.”A tradition began on Dec. 31, 1862, as many black churches held Watch Night services, awaiting word that Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation would take effect as the country was in the midst of a bloody Civil War. Later, congregations listened as the president's historic words were read aloud. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)
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Posted: 12/29/2012 11:18:32 AM EST
FILE - This Feb. 18, 2005 file photo shows the original Emancipation Proclamation on display in the Rotunda of the National Archives in Washington. As New Year's Day approached 150 years ago, all eyes were on President Abraham Lincoln in expectation of what he warned 100 days earlier would be coming _ his final proclamation declaring all slaves in states rebelling against the Union to be "forever free." A tradition began on Dec. 31, 1862, as many black churches held Watch Night services, awaiting word that Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation would take effect as the country was in the midst of a bloody Civil War. Later, congregations listened as the president's historic words were read aloud. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
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Posted: 12/14/2012 10:48:17 AM EST
This undated handout photo provided by the Smithsonian shows Nat Turner's bible, part of an exhibit "Changing America," beginning Friday at the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, presenting a walk back in time through two different eras. A new exhibit, "Changing America," parallels the 1863 emancipation of slaves with the 1963 March on Washington. It is thought that Nat Turner was holding this Bible when he was captured two months after the rebellion he led against slaveholders in Southampton County, Virginia. Turner worked both as an enslaved field hand and as a minister. A man of remarkable intellect, he was widely respected by black and white people in Southampton County, Virginia. He used his talents as a speaker and his mobility as a preacher to organize the slave revolt. (AP Photo/Michael Barnes, Smithsonian)
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Posted: 12/14/2012 10:48:17 AM EST
This undated handout photo provided by the Smithsonian shows Harriet Tubman's shawl, part of an exhibit "Changing America," beginning Friday at the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, presenting a walk back in time through two different eras. A new exhibit, "Changing America," parallels the 1863 emancipation of slaves with the 1963 March on Washington. (AP Photo/Michael Barnes, Smithsonian)
