Bowdoin's Patrick Rael Reflects on the Enduring Importance of Juneteenth
June 20, 2020
June 20, 2020
BRUNSWICK, Maine, June 20 -- Bowdoin College issued the following news:
Juneteenth recalls the day--June 19, 1865--when the U.S. Army declared that those enslaved in Texas were now free. Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation began this work on January 1, 1863, asserting that all parts of the country then under rebellion would be "henceforth, and forever free." It took armies to make this promise a reality, though--armies comprised of black and white Union troops, suc . . .
Juneteenth recalls the day--June 19, 1865--when the U.S. Army declared that those enslaved in Texas were now free. Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation began this work on January 1, 1863, asserting that all parts of the country then under rebellion would be "henceforth, and forever free." It took armies to make this promise a reality, though--armies comprised of black and white Union troops, suc . . .