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Happy Father’s Day to All Dads!
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3 Cooking Hacks to Eat Better
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World Social Media Day
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Beating the Midday Slump
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Grilled Corn and Ricotta Dip
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Juneteenth: An Important Commemoration
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Juneteenth: AN IMPORTANT
COMMEMORATION Today, Juneteenth, short for June 19th, is likely the most well-known celebration of the abolition of slavery in our country — so much so that some view it as a second Independence Day. Juneteenth specifically commemorates the day when federal troops of the U.S. Army took control of the state in Galveston, Texas, in 1865, and saw to it that 250,000 enslaved people were freed. This took place 2 1/2 years after the Emancipation Proclamation was signed by President Abraham Lincoln in the thick of the Civil War, which declared that slaves were to be freed. However, because the Emancipation Proclamation only applied to areas under Confederate control, slave-holding border states and rebel areas controlled by the Union did not free their slaves. The following year, on the 19th of June, local celebrations and festivities took place in African American communities remembering the significance of the day a year prior. Barbecues, parties, music, prayer services, and more were held to celebrate such a fabulous day. In 1979, Texas declared Juneteenth a state holiday, and last year, in 2021, it officially became a federal holiday! Almost all of the states, along with the District of Columbia, recognize it as a state holiday and celebrate this monumental day and the African American culture.
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