Exhibit shows road to Nevada statehood
RENO — On a warm thunderstorm-filled day Wednesday, the Nevada Museum of Art previewed “The 36th Star: Nevada’s Journey from Territory to State,” an exhibit celebrating 150 years of statehood for the Battle Born state.
Gov. Brian Sandoval and Lt. Gov. Brian Krolicki spoke and were given tours by senior curator Ann Wolfe.
“People will have an opportunity to see something that people only get to see 48 hours a year,” said Sandoval during the exhibit preview in reference to the Emancipation Proclamation.
The exhibit, which runs from Aug. 2 to Nov 2, will feature the original Emancipation Proclamation signed by President Abraham Lincoln. The document is on loan from the National Archives in Washington, D.C., and will be on display Oct. 30 to Nov. 2.
The Emancipation Proclamation declared “that all persons held as slaves” within the confederate states “are, and henceforward shall be free.” This document was a risky move for Lincoln during a time in which the United States was in the midst of the Civil War.
Various documents involved in Nevada becoming a state will be on display along with objects such as the a hand-painted 36-star flag that flew above Fort Churchill, an Army fort about 30 miles east of Carson City, marking the Nevada’s transition from territory to a new “Battle Born” state that joined the union.
There are no plans for the Emancipation Proclamation or the exhibit to be shown in the Las Vegas area.
Contact Capital Bureau reporter Whip Villarreal at wvillarreal@reviewjournal.com or 775-687-3901. Find him on Twitter: @WhipVillarreal.
