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Juneteenth Celebrated With Community March

June 20, 2020 Community Building

Franklin residents celebrating Juneteenth took to the streets June 20 with a loud, joyful celebration of Black emancipation.

Juneteenth celebrates the day in 1865 – June 19 – when Union Gen. Gordon Granger read aloud in Galveston, Texas, General Order No. 3, which announced the emancipation of slaves.

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