Washington, DC Emancipation Commemoration Lecture Program April 14, 2012

Presented by
National Park Service
In collaboration with Office of DC Councilmember Vincent Orange, Sr. and
DC Reading Is Fundamental, Inc.
In honour of
150th Anniversary of the District of Columbia Emancipation Act (April 16, 1862)
150th Anniversary of the American Civil War (2011-2015)
Remembering Those: who advocated for and abolished slavery;
who fought for freedom in the U.S. Civil War Union Forces; enslaved persons freed