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Join us for a FREE day filled with activities for the whole family as we celebrate Juneteenth, highlighting Atlanta stories of resilience, emancipation, and jubilation! Juneteenth is part of Atlanta History Center’s celebration of the Civic Season , a nationwide initiative encouraging historically-informed civic participation through a two-week activation between Juneteenth and July 4th. Reserve your ticket and stay tuned for more details. On June 19, 1865, a full two and a half years after the Emancipation Proclamation and two months after Union troops seized Richmond, the capital of the Confederate States of America, the last enslaved African Americans in Texas were declared free people. That momentous date in 1865 was proclaimed Juneteenth and has been celebrated annually since then....
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130 W Paces Ferry Rd NW, Atlanta, GA 30305, USA Buckhead, GA
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