BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//sebbo.net//ical-generator//EN NAME:Edison Public Library X-WR-CALNAME:Edison Public Library BEGIN:VEVENT UID:41e1de4b-ad85-446f-a776-0d8ba61f7b01 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20260824T132548Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250623T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250623T193000 SUMMARY:Juneteenth LOCATION:Clara Barton Branch\nClara Barton Branch X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Clara Barton Branch;X-APPL E-RADIUS=10;X-TITLE=Clara Barton Branch:geo:40.5339676,-74.3300359 GEO:40.5339676;-74.3300359 DESCRIPTION:Dr. Daisy Century\, historical performer\, will present a hist ory of Juneteenth to the present day. .\nhttps://edisonpubliclibrary.li bnet.info/event/13694526 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Juneteenth is described as a federal holid ay celebrating the emancipation of the enslaved people in Texas on June 19 \, 1865. \; The Emancipation Proclamation was signed and went into eff ect January 1\, 1863. \; So\, what took so long for the enslaved peopl e to find out about this two years later? \; Please come to the presen tation to find out what happened in those two years. \; There will be mention of the Civil War\, Abraham Lincoln\, Frederick Douglass\, Watch Ni ght\, Galveston\, Opal Lee\, Juneteenth flag\, present day celebrations th roughout the United States\, songs\, poetry\, and posters.

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