Senator Ben Cardin @SenatorCardin
#Juneteenth is essential to understanding the story of America. Today is a day to celebrate the 1865 liberation of the last enslaved Black Americans. It's also a call for us to confront our nation's history of racial injustice & commit to the work to dismantle it in present day. — PolitiTweet.org
Smithsonian NMAAHC @NMAAHC
#OTD in 1865, enslaved African Americans were notified of their freedom by Union troops in Galveston Bay, TX—two ye… https://t.co/xvcFUzXyTz
