DC Emancipation Day 2022
From 1:30 pm to 2:30 pm- https://emancipation.dc.gov/ Info
Saturday, April 16, 2022 from 1:30 pm to 2:30 pm Emancipation Day marks April 16th 1862, when President Abraham Lincoln signed the District of Columbia Compensated Emancipation Act. The Act freed over 3,000 slaves in the District of Columbia eight months before President Lincoln issued his broader Emancipation Proclamation during the Civil War. The District of Columbia Compensated Emancipation Act means the District has the distinction of being the only part of the United States to have compensated slave owners for freeing enslaved persons they held. It has been an official public holiday in the District since 2005. Meet at 1:30 pm at 10th Street and step off at 2:00 pm. Only four blocks.
10th St NW & Pennsylvania Ave NW, Washington, DC 20530, USA
Saturday, April 16, 2022 from 1:30 pm to 2:30 pm
Emancipation Day marks April 16th 1862, when President Abraham Lincoln signed the District of Columbia Compensated Emancipation Act.
The Act freed over 3,000 slaves in the District of Columbia eight months before President Lincoln issued his broader Emancipation Proclamation during the Civil War. The District of Columbia Compensated Emancipation Act means the District has the distinction of being the only part of the United States to have compensated slave owners for freeing enslaved persons they held.
It has been an official public holiday in the District since 2005.
Meet at 1:30 pm at 10th Street and step off at 2:00 pm. Only four blocks.