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As we celebrate Juneteenth National Independence Day and state Juneteenth holidays, we are obligated to remember the terrible legacy of slavery and celebrate the enforcement of the Emancipation Proclamation in Confederate states, where slavery trudged painfully onward for years after the Proclamation became effective on January 1, 1863. …it was not until June 19th, 1865,Continue reading “Stop at Potter Place when you ride the Northern Rail Trail”