The president hoped the proclamation would bring these shameful events out of the shadows “so our children, our grandchildren, everybody, understands what happened – and what can still happen." ...

The proclamation comes as Mr. Biden looks to burnish his legacy ... has been more recently used to convert public land into national monuments. The signing of the proclamation was the second ...

President Biden on Friday will announce the creation of a new National Monument on the site of the 1908 Springfield race riot, which the Northern Illinois University Library describes as a "race ...

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President Biden signed a proclamation Friday to establish the Springfield 1908 Race Riot National Monument in Illinois at the site of a deadly attack by a White mob on a Black community 116 years ago.

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President Biden has officially made the site of the 1908 Springfield Race Riots a national monument after signing a ...

President Joe Biden signed a proclamation Friday designating ... The president said the new national monument preserves part of that history, “so our children, our grandchildren, everybody ...

President Biden on Friday designated a new national monument at the site of the 1908 Springfield, Ill., race riot, a deadly incident that paved the way for the creation of the NAACP. In remarks ...

Biden Designates 1908 Springfield Race Riot ... for book bans sought by conservative advocacy groups. "The new national monument will tell the story of a horrific attack by a white mob on a ...