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| | 19th of June Archive (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18) |
 | | Juneteenth, or the "19th of June", recognizes June19, 1865, in Galveston, TX, when Union General Gordon Granger announced freedom for all slaves in the Southwest. |
 | | Upon the reading of General Order #3 by General Granger, on the "19th of June", 1865, the former slaves celebrated jubilantly, establishing America's 2nd Independence Day Celebration and the oldest African-American holiday observance. |
 | | The 3rd Annual WASHINGTON JUNETEENTH 2002 National Holiday Observance, June 13-19, 2002, at the Lincoln Memorial, National Mall and U.S. Capitol, will include a historic 1st Annual National Juneteenth Black Holocaust Memorial Service at the Lincoln Memorial, on Saturday, June 15th, beginning at 1:00pm. |
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