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National DC Emancipation Day

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The League of Women Voters commemorates District of Columbia Emancipation Day on the April 16, 1862 anniversary. It commemorates the 1862 signing of the Compensated Emancipation Act, which freed over 3,000 enslaved people in Washington, DC.

The League supports the District of Columbia's struggle for statehood as a human rights and racial justice issue.

Read more on the District of Columbia's National DC Emancipation Day
  here

The League of Women Voters urges you to contact your Congressional Representatives today to support statehood for Washington, DC Here is the League's form to identify and contact your Congressional Representatives  contact form

Date

Thursday, April 16, 2026

Location

Las Vegas, NV

USA

Category

Calendar Date

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