Editing Emancipation Proclamation (section)

==In popular culture==
[[File:Emancipation Proclamation 1963 U.S. stamp.1.jpg|thumb|U.S. commemorative stamp, 1963 <ref name="Emancipation Proclamation Issue">"[https://arago.si.edu/record_202794_img_1.html Emancipation Proclamation Issue]", Arago: people, postage & the post, Smithsonian National Postal Museum, viewed September 28, 2014</ref>]]

In the 1963 [[List of The Andy Griffith Show episodes#Season Four (1963-64)|episode]] of ''[[The Andy Griffith Show]]'', "Andy Discovers America", Andy asks [[Barney Fife|Barney]] to explain the Emancipation Proclamation to [[Opie Taylor|Opie]] who is struggling with history at school.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tvland.com/shows/andy-griffith-show/episode-guide/season-3|title=Episode Guide|work=[[TV Land]]|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131113044056/http://www.tvland.com/shows/andy-griffith-show/episode-guide/season-3|archive-date=November 13, 2013}}</ref> Barney brags about his history expertise, yet it is apparent he cannot answer Andy's question. He finally becomes frustrated and explains it is a proclamation for certain people who wanted emancipation.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTBXUaM6t58| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130101174953/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTBXUaM6t58&gl=US&hl=en| archive-date=2013-01-01|title=Barney Fife Explains The Emancipation Proclamation|work=Episode clip, The Andy Griffith Show|via=YouTube}}</ref> In addition, the Emancipation Proclamation was also a main item of discussion in the movie ''[[Lincoln (film)|Lincoln]]'' (2012) directed by [[Steven Spielberg]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Scott|first=A. O.|date=2012-11-08|title=A President Engaged in a Great Civil War|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/09/movies/lincoln-by-steven-spielberg-stars-daniel-day-lewis.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220101/https://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/09/movies/lincoln-by-steven-spielberg-stars-daniel-day-lewis.html |archive-date=2022-01-01 |url-access=limited|access-date=2021-06-01|issn=0362-4331}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

The Emancipation Proclamation is celebrated around the world, including on stamps of nations such as the Republic of [[Togo]].<ref>"[https://postalmuseum.si.edu/object/npm_2009.2004.1 .5fr Centenary of the Emancipation Proclamation]", Arago: people, postage & the post, Smithsonian National Postal Museum, viewed September 28, 2014</ref> The United States commemorative was issued on August 16, 1963, the opening day of the [[Century of Negro Progress Exhibition]] in Chicago, Illinois. Designed by [[Georg Olden (graphic designer)|Georg Olden]], an initial printing of 120&nbsp;million stamps was authorized.<ref name="Emancipation Proclamation Issue"/>