MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WAKA) – You have several ways to celebrate the Juneteenth federal holiday in Montgomery. The holiday remembers June 19, 1865, when Union troops arrived in Galveston, Texas, with news that the Civil War was over and that all remaining enslaved people in Texas were free. That date is considered the official end of slavery in the U.S. EQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE All four of the Equal Justice Initiative’s Legacy sites in Montgomery ar…
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