Special Purpose Flagpole: Emancipation Day

August 1 is Emancipation Day. In observance of Emancipation Day, Region of Queens Municipality is flying the Pan African Flag on the Special Purpose Flagpole at Town Hall Arts & Cultural Centre, 219 Main St., Liverpool, on August 1. Emancipation Day marks the end of slavery in many British colonies. The Slavery Abolition Act of 1833 ended slavery in the British Empire on August 1, 1834. The first colony to have anti-slavery legislation was Upper Canada, modern day Ontario with the Act Against Slavery 1793. On 1 August 2022 at 10:00 a.m., Nova Scotia is commemorating the day with Emancipation Day Provincial Ceremony. Watch it on https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvhchr5qdce12SScEvKGiPw.

Learn more on Nova Scotia’s Office of African Nova Scotia Affairs: https://ansa.novascotia.ca/content/commemorating-emancipation-day