Its been celebrated for the last 100 years or so - June 19, 1865 was when General Granger freed the black slaves of Galveston, Texas. They were the last slaves to be freed in the Civil War.
larry On 6/20/05, Matthew Small <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Charlotte had one as well. But this is the first year I've ever heard of > that holiday. > > Matthew Small > Web Developer > American City Business Journals > 704-973-1045 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -----Original Message----- > From: Larry C. Lyons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, June 20, 2005 8:48 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Freaked out > > I remember reading that Alexandria was having a "JuneTeenth" > celebration this weekend. > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:161227 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
