Travelcraft Journal – Championing the makers, artists, and wanderers in all of us.
Description: Tucson Juneteenth Festival Committee is proud to bring 50+ years of Celebration of Freedom in the United States of America!
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Union soldiers, many of whom were black, marched onto plantations and across cities in the south reading small copies of the Emancipation Proclamation and spreading the news of freedom in the Confederate States. Only through the Thirteenth Amendment did emancipation end slavery throughout the United States. But not everyone in Confederate territory would immediately be free. Even though the Emancipation Proclamation was made effective in 1863, it could not be implemented in places still under Confederate co
THE ARMY ANNOUNCED THAT THE MORE THAN 250,000 ENSLAVED BLACK PEOPLE IN THE STATE, WERE FREE BY EXECUTIVE DECREE.
Bringing together communities and people of all backgrounds in celebration of our African American ancestors about the significance of this special day to ensure our future generations build on and continue the knowledge, education, and legacy for future generations to come. To plan the future of Juneteenth celebrations with imagination and wisdom..
Travelcraft Journal – Championing the makers, artists, and wanderers in all of us.