Juneteenth, also known as “Juneteenth Independence” Day or “Freedom Day”, is a holiday celebrated on June 19th that commemorates the emancipation of enslaved African Americans in the United States. It marks the day, in 1865, when Union soldiers arrived in Galveston, Texas, to announce the end of slavery, two years after the Emancipation Proclamation.  At Big Pineville, the temperature was high, but […]

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