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Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington DC April 16, 2015  Petersburg, Virginia and Greater Washington, DC Chapter Buffalo Soldiers participated in the 2015 DC Emancipation Day celebration. Chapter Presidents Lynn Hill of the DC Chapter and Aubrey Phillips of the Petersburg Chapter were both present and accounted for. (Troopers Hutton, Hill, Duggan, Bonner, Rose and Phillips) The DC Compensated Emancipation Act of 1862 ended slavery in Washington, DC, freed 3,100 individuals, reimbursed those who had legally owned them and offered the newly freed women and men money to emigrate.
Trooper William Hutton (Greater Washington,DC Chapter) and Trooper Lee Duggan holding the banner while Trooper Eddie Rose proudly holding "Old Glory" (Troopers Duggan and Rose of the Petersburg Chapter) Return to 2015 Presentations Page |
