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Happy Juneteenth!
Juneteenth is Black Independence Day. On this day in 1865, Black Union soldiers defeated Southern troops at the battle of Palmetto Ranch in Texas, effectively freeing all slaves and ending the Civil War. Texas was the last state to bring back into the United States of America.
A statue at the African-American Civil War Museum
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19Jun2008 | Fredric | Comments | Continued



