Madison celebrates 20th of May

Rick Patrick rick@greenepublishing.com Saturday, May 16, was a day of great celebration for Madison County as the annual 20th of May was celebrated. The 20th of May celebration marks the anniversary of the reading of the Emancipation Proclamation in the State of Florida, which occurred on May 20, 1865. Although the Emancipation Proclamation, which called for the end of the practice of slavery in the Southern States that were in conflict with the Northern States during the American Civil War, w