Before we go, here’s your random trivia of the day:
Today is Emancipation Day in Washington, D.C.
On April 16, 1862, President Abraham Lincoln signed the Compensated Emancipation Act, freeing more than 3,000 enslaved people in the District of Columbia – eight months before slaves would be liberated in the South. Today, it is a celebrated public holiday in that nation’s capital, with most schools and businesses closed for the day in observance.
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