Faith: Christian
Watch Night
International
About
Watch Night is a Christian service held on New Year's Eve that continues past midnight. In African American communities it also commemorates 'Freedom's Eve,' December 31, 1862, when people gathered awaiting the Emancipation Proclamation that took effect January 1, 1863.
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https://nmaahc.si.edu/explore/stories/historical-legacy-watch-night