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Juneteenth marks end of slavery in United States

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State Representative Bradley Stephens (IL) | Representative Brad Stephens (R) 20th District Assistant Republican Leader

State Representative Bradley Stephens (IL) | Representative Brad Stephens (R) 20th District Assistant Republican Leader

Juneteenth is the annual commemoration of the end of slavery in the United States. This day honors the final enforcement of the Emancipation Proclamation in Texas following the end of the Civil War on June 19, 1865.

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