Gov. Grisham: N.M. Flags to Be Lowered to Commemorate Juneteenth
June 19, 2020
June 19, 2020
SANTA FE, New Mexico, June 19 -- Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release:
Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham has ordered state flags to half-staff in observance of Juneteenth.
State flags will be flown at half-staff beginning sundown Thursday through sundown Saturday.
Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation freeing slaves on Jan. 1, 1863, but it was almost 2 1/2 years later, on June 19, 1865, when Union Gen. Gordon . . .
Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham has ordered state flags to half-staff in observance of Juneteenth.
State flags will be flown at half-staff beginning sundown Thursday through sundown Saturday.
Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation freeing slaves on Jan. 1, 1863, but it was almost 2 1/2 years later, on June 19, 1865, when Union Gen. Gordon . . .