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Apr 10 2024

Mayor Bowser to Host 2024 DC Emancipation Day Festivities

Sunday, April 14, Mayor Muriel Bowser will kick off annual DC Emancipation Day festivities that the...

Apr 7 2017

Mayor Bowser Announces 2017 Emancipation Day Festivities

(Washington, DC) – Today, Mayor Muriel Bowser kicked off the celebration of the 155th anniversary...

Apr 15 2016

Scheduled Street Closures: 2016 Emancipation Day Parade

Some closures begin at 7:30 am Saturday, April 16.

Apr 13 2016

Mayor Bowser Announces 2016 Emancipation Day Festivities

The theme for this year’s Emancipation Day is Championing Full Democracy for the residents of...

Apr 12 2016

A Letter from Councilmember Vincent Orange

On April 16, 1862, President Abraham Lincoln signed the District of Columbia Compensated...

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Celebrating the 150th Anniversary of Emancipation in DC

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The DC Archives and Tenleytown Historical Society are partnering to sponsor two entertaining and informative lectures: "The Triumph of Freedom: The Story of DC Emancipation", by C. R. Gibbs, and "We Are Here: A Story of a Family of Free Blacks in the City of Washington", by Donet D. Graves, Esq.