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Daily Hampshire Gazette57mOpinion
Columnist Tolley M. Jones: Free-ish since 1865
The Emancipation Proclamation became law in the United States. It declared that “all persons held as slaves … shall be … ...
VoxPopuli24m
What’s the right way to mark Juneteenth?
Juneteenth – short for June Nineteenth – recognizes the day in 1865 when Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston, Texas ...
The Swellesley Report52m
Juneteenth 2025, what’s happening in Wellesley and beyond
Juneteenth commemorates the end of slavery in the United States. It signifies the day–June 19, 1865–on which the last slaves ...