Juneteenth will be celebrated next week at St. Frederick Baptist Church, 301 Ave. N in Marble Falls.
Learn the answers to ‘Why We Celebrate Juneteenth,’ by Calvin Richard, with music provided by Jose Moncibez from noon to 4 p.m. on Saturday, June 22.
Juneteenth, celebrated on June 19, is the name given to Emancipation Day by black people in Texas. On that day in 1865 Union Major-General Gordon Granger read General Order No. 3 to the people of Galveston.
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