Monday, 16 April 2007 22:58
Rally Organizers Worry Storm Will Shrink Turnout
District politicians, civic leaders and organizers of today's voting rights rally urged a crowd of about 60 supporters gathered downtown yesterday to call and e-mail friends in a last-ditch push for a huge turnout despite predictions of bad weather.
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Friday, 15 April 2011 22:37
DC celebrates Emancipation Day
The D.C. government and schools are closed for the holiday, and for city workers, today is an unpaid furlough day intended to help ease budget woes.
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Sunday, 15 April 2012 21:03
On Emancipation Day in DC, two memorials tell very different stories
Separated by about three miles and 116 years, two Washington memorials tell vastly different stories about the Civil War, African Americans and their journey to freedom.
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