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The Emancipation Park Conservancy celebrated the announcement of the abolition of slavery in the state of Texas, and more generally the emancipation…
By Doogie Roux
On June 19, 1865, Union General Gordon Granger led federal troops to Galveston. They came to announce that the Civil War had…
Juneteenth is Bustin' Out All Over Houston and Galveston
By Susie Tommaney
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