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Abraham Lincoln: The Man Who Held America Together Dive into the extraordinary life of Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States. From his humble beginnings in a Kentucky log cabin to leading the nation through the Civil War, Lincoln's story is one of resilience, leadership, and profound impact. Discover how he preserved the Union, abolished slavery, and became a symbol of freedom and equality. This video explores his towering achievements, personal complexities, and enduring legacy that continues to inspire the world today

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sparc! at Juneteenth

Juneteenth celebrations always make us glow and last week’s Juneteenth was no different. 

As we are each year sparc! the ArtMobile was at the National Center of Afro-American Artists (NCAAA) offering an openair art studio. People from all walks of life came together to create Juneteenth-themed journals with stamps, stickers, and decorative tapes.

Inside the museum, attendees also enjoyed making Juneteenth buttons! We loved seeing everyone's unique creations that spoke to themes of freedom and Black liberation. 

A big thank you to all the speakers, performers, vendors, the Boston Juneteenth Committee, and the National Center of Afro-American Artists (NCAAA) for making this day of reflection and celebration possible.

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Abraham Lincoln: The Great Emancipator 🎩

Abraham Lincoln, born in a log cabin in 1809, became the 16th President of the United States. Known for his tall stature and distinctive top hat, Lincoln led the nation through one of its most challenging periods, the Civil War. Life and Achievements: Lincoln grew up in a humble family, facing financial struggles and limited formal education. Despite these obstacles, he developed a strong work…

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The Emancipation Proclamation celebration event in Washington, DC began as a highly attended occasion, but over the years, it experienced a decline in citizen participation. The Emancipation Proclamation, issued by President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863, declared the "freedom" of former slaves in Confederate territory during the American Civil War.

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Publication: Cincinnati Commercial

Issue Date: April 17, 1875

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Dead #PresidentsDay Abraham Lincoln #BlackHistoryMonth #AbrahamLincoln became the #UnitedStates’ 16th President in 1861, issuing the #EmancipationProclamation that declared forever free those slaves within the Confederacy in 1863.

Lincoln warned the South in his Inaugural Address: “In your hands, my dissatisfied fellow countrymen, and not in mine, is the momentous issue of civil war. The government will not assail you…. You have no oath registered in Heaven to destroy the government, while I shall have the most solemn one to preserve, protect and defend it.”

Lincoln thought secession illegal, and was willing to use force to defend Federal law and the Union. When Confederate batteries fired on Fort Sumter and forced its surrender, he called on the states for 75,000 volunteers. Four more slave states joined the Confederacy but four remained within the Union. The Civil War had begun.

The son of a Kentucky frontiersman, Lincoln had to struggle for a living and for learning. Five months before receiving his party’s nomination for President, he sketched his life:

“I was born Feb. 12, 1809, in Hardin County, Kentucky. My parents were both born in Virginia, of undistinguished families–second families, perhaps I should say. My mother, who died in my tenth year, was of a family of the name of Hanks…. My father … removed from Kentucky to … Indiana, in my eighth year…. It was a wild region, with many bears and other wild animals still in the woods. There I grew up…. Of course when I came of age I did not know much. Still somehow, I could read, write, and cipher … but that was all.”

Lincoln made extraordinary efforts to attain knowledge while working on a farm, splitting rails for fences, and keeping store at New Salem, Illinois. He was a captain in the Black Hawk War, spent eight years in the Illinois legislature, and rode the circuit of courts for many years. His law partner said of him, “His ambition was a little engine that knew no rest.”

He married Mary Todd, and they had four boys, only one of whom lived to maturity. In 1858 Lincoln ran against Stephen A. Douglas for Senator. He lost the election, but in debating with Douglas he gained a national reputation that won him the Republican nomination for President in 1860.

As President, he built the Republican Party into a strong national organization. Further, he rallied most of the northern Democrats to the Union cause. On January 1, 1863, he issued the Emancipation Proclamation that declared forever free those slaves within the Confederacy.

Lincoln never let the world forget that the Civil War involved an even larger issue. This he stated most movingly in dedicating the military cemetery at Gettysburg: “that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain–that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom–and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.”

Lincoln won re-election in 1864, as Union military triumphs heralded an end to the war. In his planning for peace, the President was flexible and generous, encouraging Southerners to lay down their arms and join speedily in reunion.

The spirit that guided him was clearly that of his Second Inaugural Address, now inscribed on one wall of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D. C.: “With malice toward none; with charity for all; with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in; to bind up the nation’s wounds…. ”

On Good Friday, April 14, 1865, Lincoln was assassinated at Ford’s Theatre in Washington by John Wilkes Booth, an actor, who somehow thought he was helping the South. The opposite was the result, for with Lincoln’s death, the possibility of peace with magnanimity died.

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Abraham Lincoln was born on this day in 1809. Lincoln became the 16th President of the United States in 1861, issuing the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863 that paved the way for the abolition of slavery. 

While the Emancipation Proclamation was a critical step towards abolition, it did not end American slavery outright. 

It wasn’t until June 19, 1865, more than two years after it’s signing, that formal abolition was enacted. And months later, still, before the 13th Amendment was constitutionally ratified.

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Are We Free Yet

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Juneteenth Reflection 2023

Juneteenth was SO BEAUTIFUL!!! People of all ages and backgrounds joined sparc! the ArtMobile’s outdoor art studio to make art and celebrate Black Liberation. We made Freedom Journals, using Juneteenth themed stamps, colorful stickers, and decorative tapes. We also asked community members to reflect on “What does Freedom mean to me?” and creatively decorate quilt squares, prints of the Emancipation Proclamation, and “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” the Black National anthem. 

We loved the 2nd annual Juneteenth parade that brought together a lively and joyous crowd.  As the crowd processed down Walnut Ave we could see sparc!’s colorful wands waving in the wind!  We had a full table all afternoon: creating, moving to the music, and connecting with each other on this historic holiday.

Thank you to all the speakers, performers, the Boston Juneteenth Committee, and the National Center of Afro American Artists (NCAAA) for hosting this day of reflection and celebration.

Unique journals were made!

So many colorful fabrics!

Traditional quilt sqaures.

A freedom poem!

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Juneteenth is a milestone toward racial equality and acknowledges the brutal history of slavery while celebrating African American resilience.

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Abraham Lincoln and The Civil War: Is he a Hero or a Villain?

The Civil War in the United States was a war that took place in the US. The two opposing sides were the Union and the Confederacy (North and South respectively). It killed millions and ruined families, and destroyed towns and buildings all around. It lasted four years, from 1861 to 1865. The Emancipation Proclamation was written by Abraham Lincoln and was used to end slavery. However, it was only used to help preserve the Union and to stop the Civil War from tearing its people apart. It was passed on January 1st, 1863 and the former slaves could now join the Union and help repair the damage that had been done. President Lincoln should not be viewed as a hero for emancipating enslaved people because he did it upon his own, possibly greedy, intentions. According to photos post emancipation (check next post for images), he only had Black people doing a lot of tasks related to the War after they were emancipated. Such as picking up bones from the battleground, Black-exclusive military schools for colored troops, among other labor work for the Civil War.  This means that Lincoln was quite one-sided with tasks in terms of what to use the free people for, and only further explains why I think he isn´t a hero.

He only freed the slaves for preserving the Union and even when he did free them, he used them for his original intention of restoring his Union by letting them into the Army to help end the war. He didn’t take good care of the victims of slavery, even after the Emancipation. He put the slave veterans in the dead middle of one of the most vicious wars in American history, and that’s why I do not view him as a hero. He has done helpful deeds for the Union and the States as a whole, but more times than not, the bad someone does can overshadow their good. According to source 3, Lincoln put these slaves out in the middle of the Civil War in these terrible conditions, and it can very well be seen here. Especially with the Black man with his scars from the whips. This explains how Lincoln can’t be viewed as a hero: for putting these slaves / ex-slaves out into the world in these horrible conditions.