Origins Of Juneteenth Date Back To Civil War

by Tom Emery
Posted 6/13/22

Juneteenth, the newest federal holiday in the calendar is on Sunday, June 19, but will be celebrated this year on Monday, June 20. Its origins, however, date to the final weeks of the Civil War. …

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