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“It is a day for poetry and song, a new song. These cloudless skies, this balmy air, this brilliant sunshine . . . are in harmony with the glorious morning of liberty about to dawn up on us.”
Frederick Douglass
December 31, 1862
https://nmaahc.si.edu/explore/stories/historical-legacy-watch-night
The Historical Legacy of Watch Night
Watch Night or “Freedom's Eve,” marks when African Americans across the country watched and waited for the Emancipation Proclamation to take effect. Today, Watch Night service encourages reflection on the history of slavery and the previous year.