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Recall, last month America celebrated Juneteenth (i.e., June 19th, the date the Emancipation Proclamation was announced in Texas)  as a federal holiday for the third year.  I wrote during that week that my family had a few questions that we wanted to research, and I want to share with you what we discovered.  First I’ll give a shortContinueContinue reading “Juneteenth 2023: Part Two”