2016 EMANCIPATION DAY PARADE

Katia Jones and daughter Kaiden attend the Emancipation Day Parade on Saturday, April 16, 2016 in northwest. /Photo by Patricia Little @5feet2

**FILE** The Capital Guardian Youth Challenge Academy marches down Pennsylvania Avenue during the Emancipation Day Parade in D.C. on April 16, 2016. (Patricia Little/The Washington Informer)

Phelps ACE High School displays handmade artwork in a float during the Emancipation Day Parade on Saturday, April 16, 2016 in Northwest. /Photo by Patricia Little @5feet2

Students from the Malcolm X Elementary School drum line perform during the Emancipation Day Parade on Saturday, April 16, 2016 in Northwest. /Photo by Patricia Little @5feet2

Students from the Eastern Senior High School marching band perform during the Emancipation Day Parade on Saturday, April 16, 2016 in Northwest. /Photo by Patricia Little @5feet2

An Abraham Lincoln actor participates in the Emancipation Day Parade on Saturday, April 16, 2016 in Northwest. /Photo by Patricia Little @5feet2

Civil War characters stroll down Pennsylvania Avenue during the Emancipation Day Parade on Saturday, April 16, 2016 in northwest. /Photo by Patricia Little @5feet2

Drew Elementary cheerleaders perform during the Emancipation Day Parade on Saturday, April 16, 2016 in northwest. /Photo by Patricia Little @5feet2

Cameron, a three year old DC native, pulls a cord to blow the truck's horn during the truck touch event at the Emancipation Day Parade on Saturday, April 16, 2016 in Northwest. /Photo by Patricia Little @5feet2

Nine year old Akilah, sits behind the steering wheel of a Mack cement truck during the truck touch event at the Emancipation Day Parade on Saturday, April 16, 2016 in northwest. /Photo by Patricia Little @5feet2

Artist Demont "Peekaso" Pinder displays his artwork that was painted during the Emancipation Day Parade on Saturday, April 16, 2016 in Northwest. /Photo by Patricia Little @5feet2