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2. Juneteenth flag - Wikipedia

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   The most recognizable symbol of Juneteenth is the Juneteenth flag. [8] The flag was first flown in 2000, at Boston's Roxbury Heritage State Park. [10] Ben Haith initiated the Boston flag raising. [4] Beginning in 2020 in the United States, several state governors ordered the Juneteenth flag to be raised over their capitol buildings on June 19.

3. The nuanced symbols of freedom most of us miss in the ...

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   Amongst the most popular designs is activist Marcus Garvey’s 1920 Black Liberation flag, which, unlike the official Juneteenth flag, features a red, green, and black color palette. Serving as a ...

4. Juneteenth explained: What is the holiday, why was it created ...

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   For more than one-and-a-half centuries, the Juneteenth holiday has been sacred to many Black communities. It marks the day in 1865 enslaved people in Galveston, Texas found out they had been freed ...

5. Juneteenth - Wikipedia

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   Juneteenth became one of five date-specific federal holidays along with New Year's Day (January 1), Independence Day (July 4), Veterans Day (November 11), and Christmas Day (December 25). Juneteenth is the first new federal holiday since Martin Luther King Jr. Day was declared a holiday in 1986.

6. File:Juneteenth flag symbols.jpg - Wikipedia

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7. Celebrate Freedom With These 101 Inspiring Juneteenth ... - AOL

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   There’s even a red, white and blue Juneteenth flag that represents the end of slavery, freedom and new beginnings. Like most holidays, we want to share pics of our friends and family time ...

8. 9 Things People Don’t Know About Juneteenth - AOL

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   The Juneteenth Flag Carries Symbolism. The flag was created by Ben Haith in 1997 and illustrated by Lisa Jeanne Graf. It consists of a star with an outline and an arc running from one end to the ...

9. Ben Haith - Wikipedia

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   Juneteenth flag. Haith founded the National Juneteenth Celebration Foundation, and he led the holiday's first Juneteenth flag-raising ceremony in Boston's Roxbury Heritage State Park in 2000. [3] [13] Haith designed the Juneteenth flag in 1997, [14] and in 2000 (after the addition of the text June 19, 1865), he copyrighted the design. [15]