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[[File:Progressive racists vow to tear down Lincoln monument.jpeg|right|300px|thumb|[[Leftwing]] [[racist]]s vowed to tear down the Emancipation Memorial in Washington, D.C.<ref>https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/06/23/protester-announces-destruction-emancipation-monument/</ref>]]

[[File:Progressive racists vow to tear down Lincoln monument (2).jpeg|right|300px|thumb|[[Leftwing]] [[racist]]s vowed to tear down the Emancipation Memorial in Washington, D.C.<ref>https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/06/23/protester-announces-destruction-emancipation-monument/</ref>]]

'''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).