Sunday, June 19, 2022

Juneteenth Monday

 


Juneteenth was first celebrated on June 19, 1866. A year earlier on that date, enslaved African Americans in Galveston, Texas, learned of their freedom and that the US Civil War had ended two months earlier.

uscitizenpod: A Juneteenth Citizenship Quiz: 19 Civics Questions that Celebrate Freedom

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