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Pittsburg celebrates Juneteenth

Pittsburg celebrates Juneteenth

On June 19, 1865, more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation was issued in 1863, Union General Gordon Granger made the announcement in the city of Galveston, Texas that slavery had ended in the state of Texas. The news of freedom soon spread throughout the state and ever since, June 19 has been celebrated as a celebration of freedom for the African-American community. Juneteenth was formally declared a holiday in Texas in 1979, and recently became a federal holiday on June 17, 2021, marking this year’s celebration as the first to be celebrated as a national federal holiday.

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