Presented by

National Park Service

In cooperation with DC Reading Is Fundamental, Inc.

In honour of

151st Anniversary of the District of Columbia Emancipation Act (April 16, 1862)

150th Anniversary of the American Civil War (2011-2015)

206th Anniversary of the Abolition of the Slave Trade in the British Empire (March 25, 1807)

Remembering Those: victims of the slave trade and slavery; who advocated for and abolished slavery; who fought for freedom in the U.S. Civil War Union forces; enslaved persons freed

Featuring Historian of the African Diaspora CR Gibbs, author of  "Black, Copper, & Bright: The District of Columbia's Black Civil War Regiment"

Lecture:  Freedom and the Fighting 1st: Emancipation and The 1st District Colored Infantry Regiment