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Come walk with Mayor Bowser and celebrate DC values at our own Emancipation Day Parade.
1 pm - Parade down Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
3 pm - Concert at Freedom Plaza
9 pm - Fireworks at Freedom Plaza
Join Mayor Bowser Saturday, April 16 • 1 pm at One Judiciary Square - 441 4th Street NW, Washington, DC 20004 for the Parade as we celebrate Emancipation Day 2016!
Mayor's Order 2004-35 established the Emancipation Commemoration Commission to advise the Mayor and Council on activities by the District of Columbia to recognize the Compensated Emancipation Act, approved by Congress on April 16, 1862, which abolished slavery in the District of Columbia and
Famous Blacks in Arlington Cemetery
This publication from the Architect of the Capitol discusses the history of slaves and the US Capitol building.
The Great Speech of Frederick Douglass, delivered before the Bethel Literary and Historical Association, October 21, 1890
This piece by Felicia Bell describes how enslaved and free men of color provided much of the labor for building the US Capitol.
Delivered on November 25, 1875 in St. Mary's Chapel, Washington, DC by Alex. Crummell, Rector
This Act of Congress emancipated slaves in the District of Columbia
When the District of Columbia was established in 1800, the slave laws of Maryland remained in force.
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