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Juneteenth: Community, Honor, and Observance

AFRICAN AMERICAN CEMETERY 215 North Street, Town of Rye, NY 215 North Street, Town of Rye, NY, NY, United States

Juneteenth officially became an American federal holiday two years ago, called “National Independence Day” by President Joseph Biden. Juneteenth, which is both a day of solemn reflection and remembrance and one of emancipation celebration, uplifts June 19, 1865: the date when the last enslaved people in the Confederacy were notified of their freedom following the...

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