D.C. government agencies face potential furloughs and facility closures due to a $1.1 billion Fiscal Year 2025 budget cut.

I was intrigued by Breaking New Ground, a six-part television series on Max that tells the story of Robert Hartwell, a ...

Before Lincoln turned the idea of “the Union” into a cause worth dying for, he tried other means of ending slavery in America ...

Mayor Bowser marks the 163rd anniversary of D.C.'s early emancipation, linking it to the current statehood struggle.

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

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

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

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 ...

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

Thousands turned out Sunday to partake in D.C.’s parade marking Emancipation Day, the day in 1862 that 3,000 enslaved people ...