Class Update: 1-3-13 and 1-4-13

Yesterday in class we discussed the Emancipation Proclamation and the Gettysburg Address, both of which will be celebrating their 150th anniversary this year. We talked about the importance of the Emancipation Proclamation, how in reality it did little to free slaves but was used as more of a military measure. The next day we took notes on the 54th Massachusetts Regiment  which was the first all African-American Regiment ever in the United States. We looked at a sculpture in Boston which showed this Regiment marching off to battle, being guarded by an angel.