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Wednesday, January 4, 2023

Emancipation Day Celebrated in Weldon, Jan. 1, 1923

Emancipation Day

The colored people of Halifax County celebrated the 60th anniversary of Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation last Monday, January 1st. They had a most excellent band in the procession and some of the floats were very unique, the Friday Afternoon club was much in evidence. They had a large number of marshals mounted on fiery steeds, and there were many large and small United States flags in the procession, which was a very large one.

From the front page of The Roanoke News, Weldon, N.C., January 4, 1923

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