Like the American flag, it is red, white and blue to indicate that those freed are also Americans. The five-point white star in the middle is a tribute to Juneteenth's birthplace of Texas.

Like the American flag, it is red, white and blue to indicate that those freed are also Americans. The five-point white star in the middle is a tribute to Juneteenth's birthplace of Texas.

Are there special Juneteenth decorations or foods? The red, black and green African Liberation Flag, also known as the Pan-African flag, has historically been displayed at both Black History Month and ...

It was 160 years ago that enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, learned they had been freed - after the Civil War's end and two years after President Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation.

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Like the American flag, it is red, white and blue to indicate those freed are also Americans. The five-point white star in the middle is a tribute to Juneteenth’s birthplace of Texas.

It was 160 years ago that enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, learned they had been freed — after Civil War's end and two years after President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation.

Many Americans celebrate Juneteenth, the day in 1865 when enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, learned they had been freed.