Published on
Jun 19, 2025
General Order No. 3: Juneteenth honors the moment freedom was read aloud to those denied it the longest
The origin of the Juneteenth celebrations marking the end of slavery in the U.S. goes back to an order issued as Union troops arrived in Texas at the end of the Civil War. It declared that all enslaved people in the state were free and had “absolute …
Source:
The Milwaukee Independent
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Left-wing
