Emancipation Day April 16 1862

Three Arrested at Protest at Capitol – Washington DC DIRECTV service Government offices in the District of Columbia were closed Friday in celebration of Emancipation Day — April 16, 1862 , when Lincoln signed an act freeing some 3100 slaves in D.C. The 16th president signed the Emancipation Proclamation … SOBamalarky says: DC Emancipation Day April 16, 1862 : Made DC residents the “First Freed” by the federal government http://1.usa.gov/hwNnD5 {Enough already!}

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