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Griffin, the founder and chief executive of Citadel, broke the auction record for a Lincoln-signed document.
Ken Griffin paid a record $13.7M for the 13th Amendment and $4.4 million for the Emancipation Proclamation. Both documents were signed by Abraham Lincoln.
Irish lawmaker Ivana Bacik held up a meme depicting Vice President JD Vance, in her country's parliament on Tuesday following reports a 21-year-old Norwegian tourist was refused access to the U.S ...
Shreveport Mayor Tom Arceneaux celebrates Chef Niema for "being a great cheerleader for our city" with proclamation.
A Norwegian tourist says he was denied entry after U.S. border authorities found a meme of JD Vance on his phone, but DHS says otherwise.
Juneteenth joined Independence Day as a federal holiday in 2021, celebrating the day the Emancipation Proclamation freed slaves in the outer reaches of rebel-held territory.
West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey has issued a proclamation commemorating Juneteenth despite not recognizing it as a holiday.The governor said in a statement ...
An Emergency Proclamation (EP) was signed Sunday at 6 p.m., by Lieutenant Governor Sylvia Luke, in response to a brush fire on Maui.
Juneteenth 2025 is this week. Here's what to know about the federal holiday, why it's celebrated and its origins.
Feb. 10: The Treaty of Paris ends the French and Indian War. The English drive the French from North America, and the English national debt soars. Oct. 7: Proclamation of 1763 — King George III ...