Day: June 18, 2022

Reflection Tomorrow is Juneteenth, the holiday commemorating the end of slavery by marking the day enslaved people in Texas learned they were free. It is now a federal holiday. Since some may still not know its origin, it is worth a review. The Emancipation Proclamation signed by President Abraham Lincoln which became official on Jan. 1, 1863, was supposed to free the slaves. However, with the Civil War going on and…