Norton Introduces Resolution Commemorating D.C. Emancipation Day | Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton

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Norton Introduces Resolution Commemorating D.C. Emancipation Day | Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) introduced her resolution commemorating D.C. Emancipation Day. D.C. Emancipation Day is an official holiday in D.C. honoring the date in 1862 when President Abraham Lincoln freed 3,100 enslaved individuals in the District, nine months ahead of the Emancipation Proclamation.