Arts & Society
Social Scene: Bienvenue and Joyeux Noël with Ateliers Jacob
Arts
Embassy Presents Dec. 7 Concert at St. John’s
Featured
Weekend Roundup: D.C. Welcomes December with Festivities & Fun
Arts & Society
A Dino-Mite Holiday Blooms at the U.S. Botanic Garden
Arts & Society
Social Scene: Four Seasons Uncorks Wine & Dine 2025
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.
