Theater Tickets From Abraham Lincoln's Assassination Auctioned for $262,500
Tuesday, 26 September 2023 A pair of tickets to Ford's Theatre on the night of Abraham Lincoln's assassination have sold for an absolute fortune. The 2 front-row balcony tickets, said to be in very good condition, made $262,500 through RR Auction, which closed the rare lot…
Interesting Facts
About Juneteenth.
Juneteenth, which falls on June 19, marks the
day General Gordon Granger announced to
slaves in Galveston, Texas, that they were free.
Here are some things to
know about the historic event.
President Abraham Lincoln
issued the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863,
two and a half years prior to Granger's announcement,
but slaves in Texas were not aware that they were free.
The migration of freedpeople to northern
regions or to track down family members
became known as “the scatter.”.
Juneteenth was recognized
as a federal holiday on June 17, 2021.
The Juneteenth flag is full of symbolism,
with the bursting “new star” representing
a new freedom and a new people
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Tuesday, 26 September 2023
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