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National Freedom Day

Wednesday, February 1, 2017

"Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction."

13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution1

The "Blogging Circle of Friends "  prompt for DAY 1539
February 1 is National Freedom Day. On February 1, 1865 President Lincoln signed the 13th Amendment outlawing slavery. This day was created by, a former slave, Major Richard Robert Wright Sr. so that all Americans could celebrate freedom. President Harry Truman, on June 30, 1948, signed the bill declaring February 1 National Freedom Day. Write something about National Freedom Day or about Freedom in general.

National Freedom Day - A Poem

Freedom,
to achieve
our full potential
and to follow our own dreams,
is something
we must strive for
and share with all humanity.

Footnotes
1  http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/ourdocs/13thamendment.html#External