Juneteenth Commemorated

June 19, 2020: (35) Around 200 Sitkans cross the Harbor Drive and Lincoln Street intersection as part of a commemoration of the day that enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, were informed that the Civil War had ended and that they were free. James Poulson’s photo shows the group of a dozen participants holding a banner that reads, “I will use my breath to speak for those who can’t breathe.”

Juneteenth Commemorated
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