Emancipation Day 2025 Washington Dc Usa. Comprehensive list of national and regional public holidays that are celebrated in district of columbia, usa during 2025 with dates and information on the. These holidays are observed to commemorate the ending of slavery across the americas.
The act freed over 3,000 slaves in. Emancipation day celebrates president abraham lincoln’s signing of the compensated emancipation act on 16 april 1862.