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Juneteenth Federal holiday has roots in Lone Star State

President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation in September of 1862, declaring that slaves would be freed in those U.S. states deemed to still be in rebellion against the United States as of January 1863. ....

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Q&A: Sunday's Juneteenth Celebration with S.T.A.R.

Stand Together Against Racism, or S.T.A.R., is hosting a Juneteenth celebration from 4 to 7 p.m. Sunday at the New Canaan Museum & Historical Society lawn. The event is sponsored by the Historical Society as well as Bankwell, New Canaan Library and NewCanaanite.com. We put some questions to S.T.A.R. founder and town resident Fatou Niang […] ....

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