Juneteenth Day celebration: What is it and why is it celebrated on 19 June?

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Three years ago, Juneteenth was made an official national holiday in the United States. However, this key date in American history, also known as Emancipation Day, has been commemorated by communities across the nation since 1866.

The Founders of the United States declared on 4 July 1776: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” However, that only applied to part of the population in reality. Over the centuries we and those that came before us have strived to create a more equal union to right the wrongs, one of those being slavery.

 
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