Today’s the day that slavery finally ended in the United States.
There are many ways to look at Juneteenth, but that, to me, is the crux of it. I spent decades in Galveston, Texas, where this bit of history played out on June 19, 1865. For years, I was one of those lobbying for a day of commemoration.
A longer, but still brief, explanation of the history behind this day, is here:
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