Day: June 17, 2022

Last year, the USA created a new federal holiday: Juneteenth. Juneteenth is short for June nineteenth (19th), which was the date in 1865 when the last African-American slaves in Texas were informed that they were legally freed by orders of the U.S. government. (Video: What is Juneteenth? – VOA) From the U.S. Department of Defense…

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