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    Emancipation Day is observed in many former European colonies in the Caribbean and areas of the United States on various dates to commemorate the emancipation...
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    Emancipation has many meanings, in political terms it often means to free a person from a previous restraint or legal disability that violates basic human...
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    Texas. Band performing in Texas for Emancipation Day, 1900 Celebration of Emancipation Day in 1900, Texas Emancipation Day celebration in Richmond, Virginia...
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  • Serfs' Emancipation Day, observed annually on 28 March, is a holiday in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China that celebrates the emancipation of serfs...
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  • holiday such as Emancipation Day. Natural disasters or public health emergencies, most recently the COVID-19 pandemic, also delay Tax Day when they prevent...
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    Mother's Day is an annual holiday celebrated in the United States on the second Sunday in May. Mother's Day recognizes mothers, motherhood and maternal...
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    1862, Lincoln issued the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation. Its third paragraph reads: That on the first day of January, in the year of our Lord,...
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    of Emancipation Day". Trinidad and Tobago Newsday. 1 August 2012. Retrieved 11 August 2016. "The Development of Emancipation Park". Emancipation Park...
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  • officials recognize November 1 as Emancipation Day". DC News Now. Retrieved 2023-02-06. "History of Emancipation Day". emancipation. Retrieved 2023-02-06. "July...
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    Patriots' Day (Patriot's Day in Maine) is an annual event, formalized as a legal holiday or a special observance day in six U.S. states, commemorating...
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    abolitionists, Léger-Félicité Sonthonax and Étienne Polverel, issued the first emancipation proclamation of the modern world (Decree of 16 Pluviôse An II). The Convention...
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    August 8 is still celebrated as Emancipation Day in Tennessee and parts of Kentucky, Missouri, and Virginia. Emancipation Day "celebrations remained relatively...
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    Emancipation Day celebration at Chilhowee Park. Johnson is one of the last surviving slaves in this section. January 1 was designated as Emancipation...
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    In the Gregorian calendar, New Year's Day is the first day of the calendar year, 1 January. Most solar calendars (like the Gregorian and Julian) begin...
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  • Day (Australia) Navy Day (Russia) Reek Sunday (Ireland) Emancipation Day (Bermuda) Somer's Day (Bermuda) National Schools Tree Day (Australia) System Administrator...
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  • coinciding with Emancipation Day. The Civic Holiday is now known by one of a number of local appellations, including, among others: "Founders' Day" in Brantford...
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    Boxing Day is a holiday celebrated after Christmas Day, occurring on the second day of Christmastide (26 December). Boxing Day was once a day to donate...
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    Groundhog Day (Pennsylvania German: Grund'sau dåk, Grundsaudaag, Grundsow Dawg, Murmeltiertag; Nova Scotia: Daks Day) is a tradition observed regionally...
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  • World Poetry Day (International observance) World Puppetry Day (International observance) Youth Day (Tunisia) March 22 Emancipation Day (Puerto Rico)...
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    member's motion that would have August 1 of every year be recognized as 'Emancipation Day' across Canada. Jowhari worked with Nova Scotia Senator Wanda Thomas...
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  • FreeUp! The Emancipation Day Special is an annual Canadian television special, which was broadcast for the first time by CBC Gem on August 1, 2020. Growing...
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    Russian serfdom Serfdom Patent Serfdom in Tibet controversy Serfs Emancipation Day Sharecropping Shōen – Japanese serfdom Slavery Smerd Subjugate Taeog...
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    The emancipation reform of 1861 in Russia, also known as the Edict of Emancipation of Russia, (Russian: Крестьянская реформа 1861 года, romanized: Krestyanskaya...
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    Lincoln on April 16, 1862. April 16 is now celebrated in the city as Emancipation Day. Proposals to eliminate slavery in the District of Columbia date back...
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    Canada Day (French: Fête du Canada, [faɛ̯t dzy kanadɑ]), formerly known as Dominion Day (French: Fête du Dominion), is the national day of Canada. A federal...
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    Recife only. July 2: Bahia Independence Day, State of Bahia only. July 8: Sergipe Political Emancipation Day, State of Sergipe only July 9: Constitutionalist...
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    Emancipation Park is a public park in Kingston, Jamaica, Jamaica. The park is in New Kingston, opened on 31 July 2002, the day before Emancipation Day...
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    A national day is a day on which celebrations mark the statehood or nationhood of a state or its people. It may be the date of independence, of becoming...
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    Remembrance Day (also known as Poppy Day owing to the tradition of wearing a remembrance poppy) is a memorial day observed in Commonwealth member states...
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    Autonomous Region chose 28 March as the national anniversary of Serfs Emancipation Day. American Tibetologist Warren W. Smith Jr. describes the move as a...
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