Juneteenth celebrants enjoy oldest Black holiday ...
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On June 19, 1865, in Galveston, Texas, freedom for all slaves in the Southwest was announced by the Union army over two and a half years after the Emancipation Proclamation was issued by President Abraham Lincoln. The then-former slaves celebrated their freedom on this date.

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