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rurallib

(64,608 posts) Thu Jun 19, 2014, 06:08 PM Jun 2014

http://www.juneteenth.com/history.htm

Remember accordingly.

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Happy Juneteenth, All (Original Post) rurallib Jun 2014 OP

Thank you for this timely reminder, my dear rurallib! CaliforniaPeggy Jun 2014 #1

Thanks, Peggy rurallib Jun 2014 #2

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1. Thank you for this timely reminder, my dear rurallib!

Thu Jun 19, 2014, 07:32 PM

Jun 2014

It IS an important date. Besides, it's my husband's birthday...

He was the person who told me about the date's significance.

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2. Thanks, Peggy

Thu Jun 19, 2014, 07:47 PM

Jun 2014

It is one of the many happenings in US history we never learn about. And it is quite significant.