Protesters have defaced and torn down statues of historic figures during recent demonstrations against racial injustice in cities across the nation
Targeted sculptures linked to Wisconsin, Civil War history
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The First Juneteenth Came at the End of the Civil War, This Year It’s During the Middle of a Revolution
Juneteenth historically has been a series of days, the ‘teen’ days of June, when we celebrate the end of slavery. It commemorates June 19, 1865, when Union Gen. Gordon Granger read federal orders in Galveston, Texas that all previously enslaved people in Texas were free — even though the Emancipation Proclamation had formally freed them almost…
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