As we celebrated our nation’s Independence Day this past week, we were reminded of the freedom we have as Americans and what it took (and continues to take) to secure that freedom. Today we want to spotlight a freedom we
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July 4th (Freedom Friday)
Most historians agree that the seeds of revolution which ultimately sprouted and bloomed into U.S. independence were sown at Griffin’s Wharf in Boston, Massachusetts during a midnight raid on December 16, 1773. Today we know this uprising as the “Boston …
Juneteenth “Freedom Day”
On June 19, 1865 (over two years after the Emancipation Proclamation was signed by President Abraham Lincoln), enslaved Africans in Texas finally received word that they had been emancipated. The celebration of their freedom became what is known to us …