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At WCHS Arcs of Freedom symposium, historians explore justice, freedom

When the Washington County Historical Society opened its Arcs of Freedom exhibit in 2025 in the city of Washington's LeMoyne House — a National Historic Landmark that served as a key stop on Underground Railroad — one of its aims was to tell the story of the Abolitionist Movement and ...

Emancipation Proclamation made headlines, sparked controversy in 1863

When the new year arrived at midnight on Jan. 1, 1863, the quiet of most of the regionÄ¢¹½ÊÓÆµ small towns and rural expanses might well have been briefly disturbed by church bells ringing out. But thereÄ¢¹½ÊÓÆµ every likelihood that not many people were in the mood for any kind of raucous ...