View this post on Instagram "Juneteenth also known as Freedom Day, Jubilee Day, and Cel-Liberation Day is an American holiday celebrated annually on June 19. It commemorates June 19, 1865, when Union general Gordon Granger read federal orders in Galveston, Texas, that all previously enslaved people in Texas were free." (via Wikipedia) For more, see this article on Juneteenth at the Smithsonian Institute's National Museum of African American History & Culture website. https://nmaahc.si.edu/blog-post/celebrating-juneteenth A post shared by Blue Lotus Chai (@bluelotuschai) on Jun 19, 2020 at 11:29am PDT
"Juneteenth also known as Freedom Day, Jubilee Day, and Cel-Liberation Day is an American holiday celebrated annually on June 19. It commemorates June 19, 1865, when Union general Gordon Granger read federal orders in Galveston, Texas, that all previously enslaved people in Texas were free." (via Wikipedia) For more, see this article on Juneteenth at the Smithsonian Institute's National Museum of African American History & Culture website. https://nmaahc.si.edu/blog-post/celebrating-juneteenth
A post shared by Blue Lotus Chai (@bluelotuschai) on Jun 19, 2020 at 11:29am PDT
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