DC Councilmember Vincent Orange invites you to the District of Columbia Emancipation Day 150th Anniversary Opening Ceremony and to March Through the Monuments. Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton, Mayor Vincent Gray, Chairman Kwame Brown, Rev. Al Sharpton, Civil Rights Activist Dick Gregory, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka, DC Vote Ilir Zherka, former Congresswoman Connie Morella, MLK Foundation CEO Harry E.