Center to display copy of Lincoln document
South Bend — People can view a signed copy of President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation at the Center for History in South Bend through Dec. 21.
Lincoln signed 48 copies of the document to be sold as a fundraiser for an organization that served as the precursor to the American Red Cross.
Randy Ray, director of the center, said the relic is one of 12 known remaining copies. It’s on loan from the Lilly Library at Indiana University-Bloomington.
The proclamation went into effect Jan. 1, 1863, during the Civil War. It promised freedom to all slaves.
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