Funeral directors are employed primarily at funeral homes, which are located virtually everywhere. They are responsible for a number of tasks involved with funerals, including writing obituaries, embalming bodies, arranging burials and more.
On this day in 1862, President Abraham Lincoln issues a preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, which sets a date for the freedom of more than 3 million black slaves in the United States and recasts the Civil War as a fight against slavery.
On what date did Lincoln issue the Emancipation Proclamation: September 22, 1862 On what date would this document go into effect? January 1, 1863 Slaves in which states would be free? Those in rebellion Who would enforce the freedom of the former slaves? the U.S. government, including the military That the Executive will, on the first day of January aforesaid, by proclamation, designate