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Juneteenth marks end of slavery in United States

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State Representative Amy Elik (IL) | Representative Amy Elik (R) 111th District

State Representative Amy Elik (IL) | Representative Amy Elik (R) 111th District

Juneteenth is the annual commemoration of the end of slavery in the United States. This day honors the final enforcement of the Emancipation Proclamation in Texas on June 19, 1865, following the end of the Civil War.

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