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ANN KENEVAN
A portmanteau of “June” and “nineteenth,” Juneteenth marks the
day in 1865 when Union troops arrived in Galveston, Texas, and the enslaved people living there learned of their freedom — more than two years after
President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation. As such, the day tells... View More
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Gene Stanley
Maybe they call it Juneteenth because Father's day would mean they would have to know who their father is..
