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D.C. Emancipation Day celebrations continue, with a parade, festival, and concert commemorating the end of slavery in the ...
In 2025, D.C. is celebrating 20 years of officially observing the holiday. A parade, festival, concert and fireworks will ...
The district is celebrating the 20th anniversary of D.C. Emancipation Day with performances from Chante Moore, Anthony ...
Live music, activities for the family and lots of sunshine. That’s what drew thousands of people to Freedom Plaza on Sunday ...
The Emancipation Day Parade starts at 2 p.m. on Pennsylvania Avenue between 10th and 14th streets NW. After the parade, the ...
Emancipation Day honors the work that led to president Abraham Lincoln abolishing slavery in the district, freeing more than 3,000 people. LaToya Foster, the director of the Office of Cable Television ...
Emancipation Day marks the abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia on April 16, 1862. More than 3,000 enslaved ...