Monday marks 3rd year Juneteenth celebrated as national holiday

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ViewAlthough this year marks only the third Juneteenth considered a national holiday, it has been celebrated and commemorated for well over a century. 

Its origins date back to June 19, 1865, when slaves in Galveston, Texas, finally learned that President Abraham Lincoln had signed the Emancipation Proclamation nearly 30...

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