DC Emancipation Day Parade
From 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm- http://www.dcemancipationday.com/ Info
Saturday, April 14, 2024 – 2:00 pm to 3:00 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. Location: Pennsylvania Avenue NW, between 9th and 13th Streets Route: Starting at 9th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW Proceeeding west on Pennsylvania Avenue to 13th Street NW Disband on Pennsylvania Avenue between 13th and 14th Streets Followed by a concert at Freedom Plaza from 3:00 p.m. – 8:45 p.m.
9th St NW & Pennsylvania Ave NW, Washington, DC 20530, USA
Saturday, April 14, 2024 – 2:00 pm to 3:00 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.
- Starting at 9th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW
- Proceeeding west on Pennsylvania Avenue to 13th Street NW
- Disband on Pennsylvania Avenue between 13th and 14th Streets
Followed by a concert at Freedom Plaza from 3:00 p.m. – 8:45 p.m.