Emancipation Day Dc 2025. Emancipation day celebrates president abraham lincoln’s signing of the compensated emancipation act on 16 april. Read about emancipation day in district of columbia in 2025.
Dc emancipation day honors the day president abraham lincoln signed the compensated emancipation act of 1862, which freed over 3,100 enslaved persons in the district of. Today will commemorate the emancipation 161 years ago of thousands of enslaved people in the district.