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Interesting Juneteenth Facts

  1. ENSLAVED PEOPLE HAD ALREADY BEEN EMANCIPATED—THEY JUST DIDN’T KNOW IT.
  2. THERE ARE MANY THEORIES AS TO WHY THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION WASN’T ENFORCED IN TEXAS.
  3. THE ANNOUNCEMENT ACTUALLY URGED FREEDMEN AND FREEDWOMEN TO STAY WITH THEIR FORMER OWNERS.
  4. WHAT FOLLOWED WAS KNOWN AS “THE SCATTER.”
  5. NOT ALL ENSLAVED PEOPLE WERE FREED INSTANTLY.
  6. FREEDOM CREATED OTHER PROBLEMS.
  7. THERE WERE LIMITED OPTIONS FOR CELEBRATING.
  8. JUNETEENTH CELEBRATIONS WANED FOR SEVERAL DECADES.
  9. TEXAS WAS THE FIRST STATE TO DECLARE JUNETEENTH A STATE HOLIDAY.
  10. JUNETEETHHAS BEEN A FEDERAL HOLIDAY FOR ONLY A FEW YEARS.
  11. THE JUNETEENTH FLAG IS FULL OF SYMBOLISM.
  12. JUNETEENTH TRADITIONS VARY ACROSS THE U.S.