DC Emancipation Day

APRIL 18, 2020

Join us for a celebration of DC Emancipation Day with a parade led by DC Mayor Muriel Bowser, a concert featuring local and national artists, and ending the night with a fireworks display on Pennsylvania Avenue.

#EmancipationDay2020Celebration

THE PARADE

Join us for a celebration of DC Emancipation Day with a parade led by DC Mayor Muriel Bowser, a concert featuring local and national artists, and ending the night with a fireworks display on Pennsylvania Avenue.

Parade Route

Start time: 2:00pm

Location: 10th Street NW and Pennsylvania Avenue NW

Parade route ends on 14th Street NW and Pennsylvania Avenue NW.

REGISTER YOUR GROUP TO MARCH

If your school, organization, or civic/social group is interested in marching together in the 2020 parade, registration is now open!

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Congratulations

Congratulations to the student winners of this year’s

Mayor Muriel Bowser DC Emancipation Day

Float Design Competition

March with Mayor Bowser

If you are interested in marching alongside Mayor Muriel Bowser in the 2019 parade, please fill out the RSVP form to sign up.

Center City Public Charter School Shaw Campus

Float: We Are Free
Inspiring Youth Program DCPS High School

Float: The Greening of DC

Register your group to march

If your school, organization, or civic/social group is interested in marching together in the 2019 parade, please click here to register.

Poet Taylor

WPGC 95.5 FM

THE PLAZA

Touch trucks

School, civic and social groups interested in marching in the 2019 DC Emancipation Day Parade can register by visiting Emacapation.dc.gov

food trucks

Clear your calendar - It's going down! Text Blocks kicks off on May 20th, and you're invited to take part in the festivities. Splash HQ (122 W 26th St) is our meeting spot for a night of fun and excitement. Come one, come all, bring a guest, and hang loose. This is going to be epic!

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The parade line-up will start at the corner of 10th Street NW andPennsylvania Avenue NW; ending at the corner of 14th Street NW and Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.

THE CONCERT

Join us for a celebration of DC Emancipation Day with a parade led by DC Mayor Muriel Bowser, a concert featuring local and national artists, and ending the night with a fireworks display on Pennsylvania Avenue. Stay tuned for the concert line up!

FEATURING

Faith Evans

R&B/HIP-HOP

Doug E Fresh

HIP-HOP

Mýa

SOUL/POP

Kenny Lattimore

R&B/JAZZ

Master Gee of the

Sugar Hill Gang

HIP-HOP

Ayanna Gregory

CLASSIC SOUL

DJ Rico

HOST/DJ

Little Bacon

Bear

HOST

WKYS 93.9 FM

EU featuring

Sugar Bear

GO-GO

Frederic Yonnet

R&B/SOUL/JAZZ INFUSION

Spur of the

Moment Band

JAZZ/FUNK/SOUL

Passion Band

REGGAE

Prakriti Deuja

pop

DC Emancipation Day Celebration 2020

RSVPs Closed

THE HISTORY OF

DC EMANCIPATION DAY

Join us for a celebration of DC Emancipation Day with a parade led by DC Mayor Muriel Bowser, a concert featuring local and national artists, and ending the night with a fireworks display on Pennsylvania Avenue.

For more information, visit the links listed below

A Historical Overview of Emancipation in Washington, DC

Ending Slavery in the District of Columbia

Abolition in the District of Columbia

The Snow Riot

The Pearl Affairs and Riot of 1848
The Compromise of 1850
DC Compensated Emancipation Act
DC Emancipation Day Amendment Act of 2004

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