Juneteenth
Juneteenth is here, a day celebrating the freedom of enslaved African Americans shortly after the end of the Civil War. While Abraham Lincoln's final Emancipation Proclamation in January 1863 freed slaves in Confederate states, certain areas did not abolish slavery until months after Confederate forces surrendered. Texas issued an order on June 19, 1865, that 'all slaves are free.' This act was the origin of Juneteenth, which combines the words June and nineteenth. However, slavery did not fully end in the US until the 13th Amendment was ratified on December 6, 1865.
The holiday has been recognized in every state since 1979. Modern celebrations and jubilees include concerts, marches, fairs, and buildings lit up with red, black, and green like we see in our photo. Juneteenth offers us the opportunity to celebrate progress while also challenging ourselves to identify the ongoing work that needs to be done.
Happy Juneteenth!!!!!!!!
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Cool!
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Thanks! Love those google searches.RTH10260 wrote: ↑Mon Jun 19, 2023 8:55 am Google has a special effect when search for it
https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=juneteenth
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It's Juneteenth 2024!
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Google has the same special effects at the link above. Still cool!
"Choose your leaders with wisdom and forethought. To be led by a coward is to be controlled by all that the coward fears… To be led by a liar is to ask to be told lies." -Octavia E. Butler
Happy Juneteenth!!!!!!!!
Very cool of Google. We don't get the day off with pay, but at least I can work at home today and stay in my jammies ![Wink ;)](./images/smilies/icon_e_wink.gif)
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