August 1 Declared Jamaica Day in Washington

Sunday, August 1 was declared ‘Jamaica Day’ in the United States capital, by the Mayor of Washington, D.C., Adrian Fenty.
Mayor Fenty read the proclamation at a Thanksgiving Service to commemorate Jamaica’s 176th year of Emancipation as well the country’s 48th year of Independence, at Dumbarton Chapel, Howard University, in Washington, D.C., on August 1.

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