Historians Say Preserving Juneteenth’s History Is Important To Both Past And Present

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – For many Americans, freedom is something we celebrate each Fourth of July, recognizing our nation’s independence from Great Britain. But for others in this country, independence would not come for close to a century later.
Most modern textbooks mark the abolition of slavery in the United States with the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863. But the fight for freedom actually continued on for a few more years, leading to a day we now recognize as Juneteenth.The full s