Juneteenth: Our Day of Freedom

Title: Juneteenth: Our Day of Freedom
Book List: Grade 2 Nonfiction
Release Date: 2022
Author: Sharon Dennis Wyeth

On June 19, 1865, two years after the Emancipation Proclamation, a group of enslaved men, women, and children in Texas gathered. Order Number 3 was read, proclaiming that they were no longer enslaved--they were free. People danced, wept tears of joy, and began to plan their new lives. Juneteenth became an annual celebration that is observed by more and more Americans with parades, picnics, family gatherings, and reflection on the words of historical figures, to mark the day when freedom truly rang for all.

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