10+ Fun & Easy Juneteenth Crafts and Activities for Kids

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INSIDE: 10+ Fun and Easy Juneteenth Crafts and Activities for kids! Celebrate Juneteenth and to focus on the efforts that still remain to close gap racial inequities.

What is Juneteenth?

Juneteenth recently became a national holiday in the US – Juneteenth National Independence Day. It is celebrated on June 19. It is a day to commemorate the anniversary of the announcement of General Order No. 3 by Union Army general Gordon Granger on June 19, 1865, proclaiming freedom for slaves in Texas.

Juneteenth is a day to recognize because it signifies the end of slavery despite all the work that still needs to happen for Black people in the US are still fighting for complete equality.

I am not American, but I found it appalling that more people don’t know about the Holiday. Every child should celebrate this holiday and know its meaning.

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