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Image: Juneteenth commemorates end of U.S. slavery
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Photos: Juneteenth celebrations across the U.S.

Juneteenth commemorates June 19, 1865, when Union soldiers brought the news of freedom to enslaved Black people in Galveston, Texas, two months after the Confederacy had surrendered.