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Some offices to close to recognize Juneteenth holiday

 

Last updated 6/18/2022 at 11:30am



There will be some closures Monday to remember Juneteenth.

The day is remembered for June 19, 1865 when slaves in Texas got the word they were free, about two years after Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation.

Roosevelt County offices will...



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