Celebrating Juneteenth

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Denny Civic Solutions stands in solidarity with our Black community on this Juneteenth holiday. This day commemorates the issuance of a proclamation in Galveston, Texas that the 250,000 enslaved men, women, and children of Texas were finally freed on June 19, 1865 (more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation of 1863 and two months after the surrender of Lee in April of 1865).

Juneteenth is a day of commemoration for the men and women who resisted in the face of enslavement and who found freedom on this day 155 years ago. These brave men and women would continue to resist to maintain their freedoms as new systems of repression would find their way back. To remember their work, actions, and dedication to freedom, we celebrate this day. 

Some things we can all do today to commemorate Juneteenth: