The holiday has long served as a reminder of D.C.’s lack of statehood. Trump’s attacks on policies and ideology promoting ...

DC was only part of the U.S. to pay off slave owners for freeing enslaves persons they held.

D.C. Emancipation Day celebrations continue, with a parade, festival, and concert commemorating the end of slavery in the ...

Emancipation Day marks the abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia on April 16, 1862. More than 3,000 enslaved ...

Thousands celebrate DC Emancipation Day with a parade, live entertainment, and fireworks, marking the 20th anniversary of the public holiday.

President Abraham Lin­coln signs a bill ending slavery in Washington, D.C. Approximately nine months later he would issue the ...

The case is the first challenge to the new administration's policies that the justices have taken up for public discussion.

Port Royal is concerned about the number trees slated for removal but a hospital spokesperson says the trees are diseased and ...

The Ohio Senate Education Committee has held multiple hearings on the bill that would require one of nine historical ...

Next month, history buffs will have the opportunity to bid on the gloves that President Lincoln wore on the night of his ...

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