On September 22, 1862, President Abraham Lincoln announced that he would
issue a formal emancipation of all slaves in any state of the Confederate States
of America that did not return to Union control by January 1, 1863. None did
return and the actual order, signed and issued January 1, 1863, took effect
except in locations where the Union had already mostly regained control.Total
abolition of slavery was finalized by the Thirteenth Amendment which took effect
in December 1865.The freedom of 3.1 million of the nation’s 4 million slaves was proclaimed, and immediately 50,000 of them were freed, with nearly all the rest
seeing freedom as Union armies advanced.

First Reading of the Emancipation Proclamation of President Lincoln 

Chester Alan Arthur (October 5, 1829 – November 18, 1886) became the 21 
President of the United States on September 19, 1881 after the assassination
of President James A. Garfield.

The United States Air Force (USAF) is the aerial warfare service branch of
the United Armed Forces. It was Initially part of the United States Army, the
USAF was formed as a separate branch of the military on September 18,
1947 under the National Security Act of 1947. It is the most recent branch
of the U.S. military to be formed, as well as the world’s most technologically
sophisticated air force.

The Thunderbirds are the air demonstration squadron of the U.S. Air Force, stationed at Nellis AFB in Las Vegas, Nevada.  

The Constitution of the United States is the supreme law of the United States
of America and is the framework for the organization of the three branches
of government. It was adopted on September 17, 1787, by the Constitutional
Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

The Constitution been amended twenty-seven times; the first ten amendments
are known as the Bill of Rights. It is the second oldest written constitution still
in use by any nation in the world. The original handwritten document penned
by Jacob Shallus is on display at the National Achieves in Washington, D.C.

Assembly Room, Independence Hall, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where the
U.S. Constitution was drafted.  (Dailyville photostream)

           (September 15, 1857 – March 8, 1930)

William Taft was the 27th President of the United States, in office from
1909 to 1913 and was later the tenth Chief Justice of the U.S. from 1921
to 1930. He is the only person to have served in both offices.

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