Asheville celebrates Juneteenth with weeklong events and historic reflections

Asheville celebrates Juneteenth with weeklong events and historic reflections

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) — On June 19, 1865 — two years after President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation — Union soldiers arrived in Galveston, Texas, with news that enslaved people were free. Almost 160 years later, Americans celebrate that day now known as Juneteenth. In Asheville, a week of…Read More

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