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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will honor the memory of the late John A. Payton in a Special Order tonight on the floor of the House of Representatives, shortly after 8 p.m. Payton was also remembered at a memorial service at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center this afternoon.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D–DC) marked the 150^th anniversary of Emancipation Day in the District by marching in the parade down Pennsylvania Avenue, after beginning the day with a speech at a prayer breakfast held at the Willard Hotel.

Washington, D.C. - Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton will mark the 150^th anniversary of the District of Columbia Emancipation Day at two events.

Washington, DC - Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton will honor the accomplishments of Reverend Jerry A. Moore, Jr. at the 10am service, and after the service, she will help unveil a new plaza named after him at the streets surrounding the church on Sunday, April 15, 2012 at the Nineteenth Street Baptist Church at 4606 16th St. NW.

WASHINGTON, DC -- Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will march in the National Cherry Blossom Festival Parade Saturday, marking the 100^th anniversary of the annual celebration with 15 Girl Scouts from five different troops that meet at the First Baptist Church in Ward 4. The Girl Scouts range from five year olds to high school seniors.

Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will be joined by D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray, D.C. Council Chair Kwame Brown, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka, the Reverend Al Sharpton, and other notable leaders to commemorate the District of Columbia Emancipation Day with the "March Through the Monuments,"Today, April 11, 2012.

Washington, DC – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will announce at the start of tonight's D.C.