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'''Juneteenth''' is the oldest nationally celebrated commemoration of the [[Emancipation Proclamation]] ending [[slavery]] in the [[United States]].<ref>http://juneteenth.com/</ref>  It is a portmanteau of "June" and "19th", the date (in 1865) when Union troops landed in [[Galveston, Texas]] and read the Proclamation (Texas was the last state to have it read, being the most distant from the rest of the Confederacy).

'''Juneteenth''' is the oldest nationally celebrated commemoration of the [[Emancipation Proclamation]] ending [[slavery]] in the [[United States]].<ref>http://juneteenth.com/</ref>  It is a portmanteau of "June" and "19th", the date (in 1865) when Union troops landed in [[Galveston, Texas]] and read the Proclamation (Texas was the last state to have it read, being the most distant from the rest of the Confederacy).

[[Muhammad Ali]] is a descendant of the escaped slave depicted in the [[Emancipation Memorial]] in [[Washington, D.C.]].<ref>https://www.ebony.com/entertainment/muhammad-ali-dna-ancestry-linked-escaped-slave/</ref>  The Emancipation Memorial depicts a runaway slave being freed from the yoke of oppression by the Great Emancipator, [[Abraham Lincoln]].<ref>https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/06/25/black-historians-call-for-preservation-of-emancipation-memorial-funded-by-freed-slaves/</ref><ref>https://100percentfedup.com/black-historian-tells-angry-blm-crowd-yall-dont-know-your-history-during-protest-in-d-c-to-remove-emancipation-statue/</ref>  In recent years white [[Marxist]] agitators have defamed and defaced monuments of the first [[Republican]] president who also freed the slaves.<ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/local/wp/2017/08/15/the-lincoln-memorial-was-vandalized-with-red-spray-paint/</ref>

[[Muhammad Ali]] is a descendant of the escaped slave depicted in the Emancipation Memorial in [[Washington, D.C.]].<ref>https://www.ebony.com/entertainment/muhammad-ali-dna-ancestry-linked-escaped-slave/</ref>  The Emancipation Memorial depicts a runaway slave being freed from the yoke of oppression by the Great Emancipator, [[Abraham Lincoln]].<ref>https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/06/25/black-historians-call-for-preservation-of-emancipation-memorial-funded-by-freed-slaves/</ref><ref>https://100percentfedup.com/black-historian-tells-angry-blm-crowd-yall-dont-know-your-history-during-protest-in-d-c-to-remove-emancipation-statue/</ref>  In recent years white [[Marxist]] agitators have defamed and defaced monuments of the first [[Republican]] president who also freed the slaves.<ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/local/wp/2017/08/15/the-lincoln-memorial-was-vandalized-with-red-spray-paint/</ref>

In June 2020, a mob of [[white]] leftwing racists vowed to tear down the Emancipation Memorial.<ref>https://www.faithwire.com/2020/06/24/black-pastor-takes-bold-stand-against-mob-threatening-abraham-lincoln-emancipation-statue/</ref>

In June 2020, a mob of [[white]] leftwing racists vowed to tear down the Emancipation Memorial.<ref>https://www.faithwire.com/2020/06/24/black-pastor-takes-bold-stand-against-mob-threatening-abraham-lincoln-emancipation-statue/</ref>