CANTON ‒ Staff at the William McKinley Presidential Library & Museum celebrated Juneteenth with a craft project that featured a Juneteenth flag.
Tameka Ellington, curator of black history, led children and families in a storytime on June 18 that also included cupcakes and other fun activities.
Juneteenth commemorates the emancipation of enslaved people in the United States. The national holiday is celebrated each year on June 19. The holiday was first celebrated in Texas, where on June 19, 1865, in the aftermath of the Civil War, enslaved people were declared free under the terms of the 1862 Emancipation Proclamation.
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