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.

Published in Statehood News

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.

Published in Statehood News

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