A VOICE FOR T.I. '' FREEDOM '' JUNETEENTH KNOWN AS FREEDOM DAY.

JUNETEENTH HISTORY.

JUNETEENTH IS THE OLDEST RECOGNIZED
CELEBRATION THAT CELEBRATE, THE END
OF SLAVERY IN THE UNITED STATES.

JANUARY 01, 1863.

IT STARTED IN GALVESTON TEXAS,
TODAY THE LARGEST CELEBRATIONS
ARE IN MILWAUKEE, AND MINNEAPOLIS,
JUNETEENTH IS ALWAYS OBSERVED ON
OR AROUND JUNE 19th.
THE DAY THAT SLAVES IN TEXAS FINALLY HEARD
ABOUT THEIR FREEDOM IN 1865.

2 1/2 YEARS AFTER IT WAS ADOPTED.
PRESIDENT LINCOLN'S
EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION HAD BECOME
OFFICAL ON JANUARY 01, 1863.

THERE ARE SEVERAL THEORIES ABOUT WHY TEXAS
SLAVES WERE NOT TOLD ABOUT THEIR FREEDOM
FOR SUCH A LONG PERIOD OF TIME.

ONE STORY SAYS THAT A MESSENGERS WAS DISPATCHED
TO TEXAS BUT WAS KILLED. BEFORE HE COULD DELIVER THE NEWS.

ANOTHER SAYS THAT THE PLANTATION OWNERS WANTED TO GET ONE
LAST COTTON CROP IN.
TO BE CONT- LOVE TO YOU LOVE FOR YOU,/RV