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Schakowsky Statement on Juneteenth National Independence Day
June 19, 2024
WASHINGTON, June 19 -- Rep. Jan Schakowsky, D-Illinois, issued the following news release:

EVANSTON - Today, U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (IL-09), released the following statement commemorating Juneteenth National Independence Day:

"Today, on Juneteenth National Independence Day, we celebrate freedom. It was on this day, 159 years ago, that Union soldiers arrived in Galveston, Texas with word of President Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation. At long l . . .

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