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New Federal Holiday, Juneteenth, Celebrated Across The Bay Area

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Commemoration of the newest federal holiday, Juneteenth, began on Friday across the Bay Area, grew on Saturday and will continue on Monday with planned closings at government offices.

It celebrates the day in 1865 that African Americans in Galveston, Texas, finally learned that President Abraham Lincoln had declared them free two years earlier.

“Today, it is unconscionable to think this happened,” said state Sen. Bill Dodd. “And, like a lot of African American history, including the Tulsa Race Massacre a half-century later, it remains largely unrecognized outside the African American community.”

A two-year art installation was unveiled in Golden Gate Park honoring the first enslaved people brought to the American colonies, in 1619.

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A variety of events in East Palo Alto, Redwood City and Menlo Park will honor the historical day.

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