"The truth is, all might be free if they valued freedom, and defended it as they ought." - Samuel Adams

Irony: Celebrating Emancipation Day on April 15

Here's some irony for you. April 16 is "Emancipation Day." The holiday commemorates the day Lincoln signed the Compensated Emancipation Act, freeing more than 3,000 District of Columbia slaves. Since the 16th falls on Saturday this year, the official Emancipation Day holiday got bumped up to Friday, April 15th. Normally that would be you tax..

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