Juneteenth starting to overshadow Lincoln's Emancipation Day, but not ...

Melody Afi Bell (right) kissed Murdine Berry during the Old Town Juneteenth Celebration on Saturday at the Berry-Morney Farm in Hutchins. Berry is the great-granddaughter of owners of the Berry-Morney Farm, which was purchased by her family in 1876.Juneteenth commemorates June 19, 1865, when slaves in Texas first learned of the end of slavery from Union Gen, Gordon Granger, and is now celebrated as a day marking the end of slavery in the United States. Jackson, the great-grandson of slaves from Juneteenth commemorates June 19, 1865, when slaves in Texas first learned of the end of slavery from Union Gen, Gordon Granger, and is now celebrated as a day marking the end of slavery in the United States. Jackson, the great-grandson of slaves from Melody Afi Bell (right) kissed Murdine Berry during the Old Town Juneteenth Celebration on Saturday at the Berry-Morney Farm in Hutchins.

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