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Special Event
Event
"Reading of the Names" on DC Emancipation Day
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Fee:
Free.Location:
African American Civil War Memorial, 10th and U Streets NW, Washington, DCDates & Times
Date:
Friday, April 15, 2022
Time:
11:00 AM
Duration:
2 hours and 15 minutes
Type of Event
Living History
Partner Program
Description
On DC Emancipation Day, the African American Civil War Memorial Museum will read the names of those persons in Washington, D.C. who were freed by the 1862 D.C. Compensated Emancipation Act at the African American Civil War Memorial.
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