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Emancipation Day Weekend Celebrates D.C.
• April 17, 2023
Today, Washingtonians observe a unique American holiday that’s part of their history but affects the rest of the country, too. D.C. Emancipation Day honors the day, April 16, when President […]
A Socially Distanced Emancipation Day
• April 16, 2020
The Compensated Emancipation Act was signed by President Abraham Lincoln on April 16, 1862, more than eight months before he issued the Emancipation Proclamation, on Jan. 1, 1863.
