SYSD AND UP TO 12 SERVICE HOURS GIVEN **You do not have to attend for the full time. Please submit the hours that you do attend for credit** On April 13th in honor of DC Emancipation Day, Parks & People hosts a Lights of Freedom event where community residents and descendants will join with the National Park Service and DC Parks and Recreation to light over 2,000 candle luminaries in honor of thousands of African Americans who were buried in what is now Adams Morgan's Walter Pierce park after they gained their freedom during the Civil War. Each illuminated candle will be a tribute to four of the people who were buried under Walter Pierce Park and parts of the adjoining National Zoo and Rock Creek Park, which comprise the largest unmarked African American cemetery in the capital. The program begins at 7pm. The candlelight begins to shine forth as dusk falls at 7:45, with music provided by area church choirs. There will be a period of silence as twilight settles in after 8:00 p.m. The candles will be displayed until 9:00 p.m. If you are interested in helping to setup the event, volunteers are needed from 9am-9pm but can also come for smaller time slots as well. Volunteers will help setup the luminarie bags - folding the paper bags, adding in a cup of sand, and a candle. They will then help to place the bags in a grid to be lit at dusk. This is an incredibly moving event and WPP needs a lot of volunteers!