Gunn Memorial Library CT, United States
Shepaug Libraries Presents Juneteenth in Poetry Join us at GML to learn about Juneteenth with educator, activist, and poet, Frederick-Douglass Knowles II! Although Juneteenth only became a federally recognized holiday in 2021, the day has been celebrated across the nation since 1865 when news of the Emancipation Proclamation finally reached Galveston, Texas. More than 250,000…