Tag: Juneteenth
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Celebrating Juneteenth: Honoring Freedom and African American Culture
Juneteenth, observed on June 19th, is a significant day in American history marking the end of slavery in the United States. It commemorates the day in 1865 when Union General Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston, Texas, and announced the emancipation of enslaved African Americans, over two years after the Emancipation Proclamation was signed by President…