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applegrove

(133,835 posts) Fri Jun 19, 2026, 06:27 PM Jun 19

Juneteenth:

Juneteenth 1865. Enslaved people in Galveston finally learned they were free, more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation.

Freedom existed in law long before it existed in lived reality. That gap is worth remembering honestly.

Wishing everyone a meaningful Juneteenth.
— (@webefit.bsky.social) 2026-06-19T13:22:32.087364262Z

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Juneteenth: (Original Post) applegrove Jun 19 OP

this holiday makes more sense to me than Columbus Day ever did Skittles Jun 19 #1

Skittles

(173,658 posts)

1. this holiday makes more sense to me than Columbus Day ever did

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Fri Jun 19, 2026, 06:29 PM

Jun 19

Last edited Fri Jun 19, 2026, 07:07 PM - Edit history (1)

yes indeed

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