By Sahar Chmais
The Calaboose African American History Museum will open in its renovated form on Juneteenth – a perfect opportunity to celebrate, said Brent Salone, Calaboose Vice President and Facility Trustee.
Juneteenth, or June 19, was the day slaves in Texas were finally told by a union general who rode into Galveston to notify them that they were free. Their freedom was announced in 1865, 1.5 years after Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation.
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