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Juneteenth
June 19, 2024
Juneteenth, also known as Jubilee Day, Freedom Day, Emancipation Day, or Black Independence Day, is the anniversary of when General Gordon Granger marched his troops into Galveston, Texas on June 19th, 1865 to announce that the enslaved people of the state were officially free. Read our blog post to learn more!