Today in Top Story: Meet a farmer spreading a Juneteenth history lesson.
The holiday is celebrated annually on June 19. Juneteenth commemorates when news of freedom reached enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, in 1865. That was about two-and-a-half years after the Emancipation Proclamation freed the enslaved in Southern states.
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That is really neat that the land has stayed in the family for so long! I also think it is crazy how long it took the news to get down to the bottom part of Texas.
Juneteenth is also Father's
Juneteenth is also Father's Day!
I'm pretty sure Texas knew,
I'm pretty sure Texas knew, they just didn't listen.