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Juneteenth: A celebration of freedom
Juneteenth, is now celebrated here in America and around the world as the anniversary of the day 145 years ago that the Emancipation Proclamation led to freedom for thousands of African-Americans still being held as slaves.
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Today in Black History: Juneteenth
June 19th, 1865 Union Major General Gordon Granger read General Order #3 to the people of Galveston, TX