DC throwing dayslong celebration this Emancipation Day weekend

DC throwing dayslong celebration this Emancipation Day weekend

Recent years have seen D.C. turn Emancipation Day into a bigger and bigger celebration; and this year, the celebration will be so extravagant that it’s going to spill into a second day, from Saturday into Sunday this weekend. Emancipation Day marks the day slavery was abolished in D.C. back in 1862, and the city marks the day with a parade down Pennsylvania Avenue followed by a concert and fireworks at Freedom Plaza. Scheduled performers this ye…

Daffodil Days coming to NK this weekend in celebration of spring

For anyone looking to schedule a day out this weekend, Wickford Village is celebrating the end of winter with food and carriage rides.“Basically, it’s our celebration to get everybody out of hibernation and enjoy spring in Wickford Village,” Lori Lyons,…