Bastrop, TX June 21, 2008: Parade and festivities at Juneteenth celebration in the historically African-American town of Bastrop, outside Austin. Juneteenth celebrates the day, June 19, 1865 when Union soldiers landed in Galveston, TX announcing the end of slavery and the Civil War to enslaved Texans. ©Bob Daemmrich

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