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The latest news for CNY
Latest news from around CNY, NY State and the Nation/World
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Saturday, June 15, 2013
Whether you call it Freedom Day, Emancipation day, or Juneteenth, it was clear today that people were celebrating freedom today in Syracuse's Clinton Square for Juneteenth. The holiday commemorates the freeing of slaves in Texas who remained enslaved until 1865.
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Thursday, November 15, 2012
Standing behind a podium at Auburn High School, Doris Kearns Goodwin told the sold out crowd she turned down an invitation for a private screening of the film "Lincoln" at the White House with President Obama, instead choosing to speak in Auburn Thursday evening.
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Thursday, September 27, 2012
A traveling exhibit of the Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, handwritten by Abraham Lincoln, is in Syracuse Thursday. It is the only surviving copy in Lincoln’s handwriting.
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