D.C. History Center documents what it is like to be a Washingtonian living through the last year. Author: Nicole DiAntonio (WUSA) Updated: 7:09 AM EDT May 24, 2021
WASHINGTON As Washington, D.C. reopens and begins to lift COVID-19 restrictions, there are organizations trying to capture some of those stories in a time capsule.
D.C. History Center is helping to preserve the stories from the last year and a half and share the experiences of Washingtonians.
Anne McDonough, the Deputy Director of the D.C. History Center, said it is important to hear directly from the people who live in D.C. about what it was like to live through this season in real-time.
Emancipation Day honors the day slavery ended in Washington, D.C. after President Lincoln signed the DC Compensated Emancipation Act in 1862.
District residents marked the first anniversary after the Civil War with a parade. For the last 159 years, D.C. has marked the important date with celebrations including concerts, parades and more.
Although there won t be a big, public celebration in 2021 due to the pandemic, we have ideas below on how to celebrate.
How did D.C. s Black community react to the news?
African-Americans had been traveling to D.C. to escape war and bondage for years, and the District s Black community felt deep joy upon learning of the Emancipation Act, historian C.R. Gibbs wrote in an explainer.
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