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Development (The Organization) has embarked on a challenge
to provide programs which economically, educationally and
culturally enrich our communities. With this goal in mind,
the Organization sponsored the Annual 20th of May Celebration
combined with the Memorial Day weekend where more than 1500
meals were served free of charge to those in attendance.
The Organization has given Thanksgiving Baskets to five
local communities. More than 200 families were provided
with a turkey and trimmings at Thanksgiving. The Organization
also entered into partnership with G.O.O.D. K.I.D.S., a
non-profit charitable and educational organization that
recognizes the need for positive guidance and aspiration
in Gadsden County youth. This year the two organizations
targeted three of our local communities in Quincy, FL to
help kids with back-to-school supplies including back packs,
pens, pencils, paper, tablets, calculators, rulers, crayons,
tissues, glue, folders, dictionaries, etc. We served approximately
400 school age kids (grade Pre-K thru 12). |
Events dates:
" May
20th" Emancipation Celebration is scheduled
for Friday 27th and Saturday 28th, 2011
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The Emancipation
Proclamation
January 1, 1863
A Transcription
By the President of the United States of America:
A Proclamation.
Whereas, on the twenty-second day of September,
in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two,
a proclamation was issued by the President of the United
States, containing, among other things, the following, to
wit:
"That on the first day of January, in
the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three,
all persons held as slaves within any State or designated
part of a State, the people whereof shall then be in rebellion
against the United States, shall be then, thenceforward,
and forever free; and the Executive Government of the United
States, including the military and naval authority thereof,
will recognize and maintain the freedom of such persons,
and will do no act or acts to repress such persons, or any
of them, in any efforts they may make for their actual freedom. .
. . See full transcript
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