What is Juneteenth? Is it an American holiday?

yes, commemorating when enslaved people of ... i want to say Galveston found out that the civil war had ended and they were now emancipated. significantly after the end of the civil war.

SW-User

@stound Thank you

Ceinwyn · 26-30, F

Sounds made up.

DownTheStreet · 51-55, M

Yes it’s the most important

AtticEscapee · F

It is a holiday of appeasement.

Lyfis2live

Idk.

NinaTina · 26-30, F

June·teenth
/ˌjo͞onˈtēnTH/
noun
a holiday celebrated on June 19 to commemorate the emancipation of enslaved people in the US. The holiday was first celebrated in Texas, where on that date in 1865, in the aftermath of the Civil War, enslaved people were declared free under the terms of the 1862 Emancipation Proclamation

DDonde · 31-35, M

Yes

empanadas · 31-35, M

Are you really from west Africa?

SW-User

@empanadas Yes. Are you really from djibouti?

empanadas · 31-35, M

@SW-User naw I got roots to west and north Africa.

SW-User

@empanadas Oh okay. Where in West Africa? I'm from Nigeria but I'm planning on relocating to Senegal.

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