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Juneteenth, the First Day of Freedom
In 2021, Juneteenth became an official U.S. Holiday. The origins of Juneteenth go back to June 19, 1865, months after the end of the American Civil War, when Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger, landed in Galveston, Texas, where he established U.S. authority over Texas, and re-issued the Emancipation Proclamation. The June 19th announcement came more than two and a half years after Abraham Lincoln Issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863. Juneteenth commemorates the day the enslaved people in Texas learned they were free.


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Juneteenth, the First Day of Freedom
Celebrating the End of Slavery in the United States
a Juneteenth Poem
the True Story of the Grandmother of Juneteenth
a Novel
a New Origin Story
the Tumultuous Six Months That Gave America the Emancipation Proclamation and Changed the Course of the Civil War
Causes and Effects of the Emancipation Proclamation
and Other Questions About the Emancipation Proclamation
What An Artifact Can Tell Us About the Historic Document
Our Day of Freedom
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