Andrea Douglas and Jalane Schmidt laughing together at the end of their presentation.

Charlottesville’s lesser known emancipation holiday

Juneteenth, a national holiday that celebrates the complete enforcement of the Emancipation Proclamation in former slave states, is a celebration that many people know and celebrate, but most are probably not familiar with Charlottesville’s own emancipation celebration, Liberation and Freedom Day. Liberation and Freedom Day is a city holiday on March 3 which celebrates the […]

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