US marks Juneteenth after recognizing it as federal holiday
by Victoria Bekiempis and agencies from US news | The Guardian on (#5K91V)
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Days after Juneteenth was made a national holiday, communities across the US are coming together to celebrate 19 June 1865, the day when news of the Emancipation Proclamation reached Galveston, Texas, freeing slaves in the final Confederate state to have abolition.
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