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Celebrations Mark Juneteenth

HeadlineJun 19, 2007

And Juneteenth celebrations are being held today across the country. It was on June 19, 1865, when slaves in Galveston, Texas, finally learned that the Emancipation Proclamation of 1863 had abolished slavery.

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