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VIDEO: The celebration of the first federally observed Juneteenth
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The celebration of the first federally observed Juneteenth

ABC News’ Marcus Moore is in Galveston, Texas, this morning where Union troops traveled on June 19, 1865, to inform slaves of their freedom granted by the Emancipation Proclamation.

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