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Juneteenth

Make Juneteenth a National Holiday!

Posted on June 15, 2021June 15, 2021 by SJPJC Volunteers Leave a comment

By Grace T., SJPJC Volunteer On June 19th, 1865, Major General Gordon Granger of the Union Army arrived to Texas to inform the people that the Civil War had ended and slavery was now abolished. However, this information was relayed to enslaved people two years after the Emancipation Proclamation had actually been passed, exemplifying the […]

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