Emancipation Day Holiday Washington Dc 2024. Often referred to as the “second independence day,” it commemorates june 19, 1865, the day when 2,000 union troops reached galveston, texas, to announce that enslaved african americans were. Join mayor muriel bowser on sunday, april 14 at freedom plaza (pennsylvania ave.
Today will commemorate the emancipation 161 years ago of thousands of enslaved people in the district. Wednesday marks june 19 and a crucial.