JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – With Juneteenth becoming a federal holiday last year, many people are now celebrating the significance of the day. Others have been celebrating it for years, with meaningful traditions. Juneteenth commemorates June 19, 1865 when federal troops arrived in Galveston, Texas and told enslaved African Americans that they were free.
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