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4/16/2010 Washington D.C. Courts Closed

Published on 15 April 2010 by Nick Fishman in All In One, Court Delays

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All courts in Washington, DC will be closed on Friday, April 16, 2010 for Emancipation Day. This DC-only holiday commemorates the U.S. federal government’s emancipation of African Americans from slavery after the Civil War. “First freed,” African Americans living in Washington, DC were emancipated on April 16, 1862, nine months before the Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation for the rest of the nation.

Courts will reopen for business on Monday, April 19th.

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