Norton to Feature on D.C. Emancipation Day Panel, Tomorrow

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will celebrate D.C. Emancipation Day tomorrow and speak on a panel at the African American Civil War Museum. D.C. Emancipation Day celebrates when slaves in the nation's capital were freed nine months before the Emancipation Proclamation. Despite this celebration, nearly 157 years later, D.C. residents are not fully free and equal to other American citizens. Congress can overturn local D.C. laws and collects federal taxes without representation, despite D.C. residents serving and sacrificing their lives in every U.S. war.

Media interested in attending can RSVP to jack.miller@mail.house.gov.

WHAT: Congresswoman Norton speaks on an African American Civil War Museum panel on D.C. Emancipation Day

WHEN: Tuesday, April 16th at 12:00 PM

WHERE: African American Civil War Museum, 1925 Vermont Avenue NW, Washington DC