Anacostia and Benning Libraries open for DC Emancipation Day
Select D.C. public libraries will be open from 9:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. on five holidays.
Columbus Day – Monday, October 8, 2018
Veterans Day – Monday, November 12, 2018 (observed)
MLK Day – Monday, January 21, 2019
Presidents Day – Monday, February 18, 2019
D.C. Emancipation Day – Tuesday, April 16, 2019
The libraries, one in each ward, were selected based on their size and close proximity to public transportation.
Ward 1 – Mt. Pleasant
Ward 2 – West End Library
Ward 3 – Tenley-Friendship
Ward 4 – Petworth
Ward 5 – Woodridge
Ward 6 – Shaw (Watha T. Daniel)
Ward 7 – Benning (Dorothy I. Height)
Ward 8 – Anacostia