Today, Washington, D.C., celebrates Emancipation Day. The Freedman’s Memorial in the city’s Capitol Hill neighborhood has an insanely interesting history — if you’re interested in some weekend reading, check out Kirk Savage‘s Standing Soldiers, Kneeling Slaves
Alexandra Gutierrez is a reporter based in the Aleutian Islands. She is also former associate web editor of The American Prospect. More by Alexandra Gutierrez
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