Community Happenings: Juneteenth Festival Lincolnton Main Street
Juneteenth Festival Lincolnton Main Street "Juneteenth (short for “June Nineteenth”) marks the day when federal troops arrived in Galveston, Texas in 1865 to take control of the state and ensure that all enslaved people be freed. The troops’ arrival came a full two and a half years after the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation. Juneteenth …
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