Sunday, June 19, 2022

ITP V.022 UPDATE: HAPPY JUNETEENTH


 ITP V.022 UPDATE: HAPPY JUNETEENTH. On this date in 1865, Federal U.S. Troops went in to TEXAs to free the last of U.S. black slaves after the 1862 Emancipation Proclamation.  

Also, HAPPY FATHERS DAY U.S.A.

FROM OXFORD DICTIONARY: 

a holiday celebrated on 19 June to commemorate the emancipation of enslaved people in the US. The holiday was first celebrated in Texas, where on that date in 1865, in the aftermath of the Civil War, slaves were declared free under the terms of the 1862 Emancipation Proclamation.

 

https://www.history.com/news/what-is-juneteenth 

 

 

Thanks-Stay Metal, Stay Brutal-\m/ -l-