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Two Juneteenth Celebrations in Athens Worth Marking on Your Calendar This June

Jun 05, 2026

Juneteenth, June 19th, marks the day in 1865 when Union soldiers arrived in Galveston, Texas, and announced that the more than 250,000 enslaved Black people in the state were free, more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation had taken effect. The date has been observed in African American communities ever since, and was …

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