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https://www.positivelyosceola.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Juneteenthpage.jpg948650Juneteenth, celebrated annually on June 19th in the United States, marks the emancipation of enslaved African Americans and the end of slavery. Known as Freedom Day or Emancipation Day, this historic holiday began in Texas in 1865 when Union General Gordon Granger announced the end of the Civil War and the freedom of enslaved people, two and a half years after the Emancipation Proclamation.