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Juneteenth was not a big thing in GA when I was growing up. I actually never heard of it until I moved to MN in the late 80s. When someone explained to me what it was I was like, wait a minute, the slaves were freed on January 1st.
I never really understood the purpose of celebrating the fact that they were told almost 2 years after the other slaves were freed. A few churches here have New Years Day services in commemoration of the Emancipation Proclimation, but I have never been, although I have watched it on T.V.
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