Emancipation Proclamation draft on LI
Photo credit: NYSED | The only handwritten draft of Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation is coming to LIU Post's Tilles Center next month.
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The only surviving draft of the Emancipation Proclamation in President Abraham Lincoln's handwriting will be on view next month in a free exhibition at LIU Post, part of rare public display commemorating the final document's signing 150 years ago.
"We'll be face-to-face with a document that is so important in the history of the U.S.," LIU Post Provost Paul Forestell said. "Just to be able...
