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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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  • 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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    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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    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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  • 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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    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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    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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    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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    1862, Lincoln issued the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation. Its third paragraph begins: That on the first day of January, in the year of our Lord,...
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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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    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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    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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  • 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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    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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    Groundhog Day (Pennsylvania German: Grund'sau dåk, Grundsaudaag, Grundsow Dawg, Murmeltiertag; Nova Scotia: Daks Day) is a tradition observed regionally...
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  • Emancipation is a 2022 American historical action thriller film directed by Antoine Fuqua and co-produced by Will Smith, who stars as a runaway slave headed...
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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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    Victoria Day (French: Fête de la Reine, lit. 'Celebration of the Queen') is a federal Canadian public holiday observed on the last Monday preceding May...
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    Emancipation Oak is a historic tree on the campus of Hampton University in Hampton, Virginia, in the United States. The large, sprawling southern live...
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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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    Russian serfdom Serfdom Patent Serfdom in Tibet controversy Serfs Emancipation Day Sharecropping Shōen – Japanese serfdom Slavery Smerd Subjugate Taeog...
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    and lecture series on the Emancipation era in Washington, DC. The local focus, following on the revival of DC's Emancipation Day celebration, drew a great...
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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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  • World Poetry Day (International observance) World Puppetry Day (International observance) Youth Day (Tunisia) March 22 Emancipation Day (Puerto Rico)...
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    Nevis (section Emancipation)
    815 slaves were freed. The first Monday in August is celebrated as Emancipation Day and is part of the annual Nevis Culturama festival. A four-year apprenticeship...
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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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    Sheppard West. Since 2020, CBC Gem has also marked Emancipation Day with the annual FreeUp! The Emancipation Day Special, a televised edition of actress Ngozi...
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    Confederate Memorial Day (called Confederate Heroes Day in Texas and Florida, and Confederate Decoration Day in Tennessee) is a holiday observed in several...
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