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六月節(Juneteenth
Celebration)
地方性遺產
您知道什麼是Juneteenth嗎？
它是一個節日的名稱，旨在慶祝1865年6月19日，因為聯邦士兵於當天抵達德州並宣告林肯總統已經發表了「解放宣言」(Emancipation
Procalamation)。當時的消息流通速度緩慢，因而德州並沒有聽到林肯於1863年1月1日所發表的宣言，直到兩年後的6月19日，德州當地才收到此一消息！
宣言內容表示「從今以後，生活在反叛各州內且被當成奴隸的人都獲得解放，回復自由之身」，所以解放宣言在很多方面都有所限制，它只適用於退出聯邦的州別，而無法應用在邊境各州的奴隸制度上。另外，它也明白地豁免已經受北方管轄的部分南方聯盟，最重要的是，它所承諾的自由需仰賴聯邦的軍事勝利。
雖然自1865年後，每年都會非正式地慶祝六月節，但直到1979年6月3日，德州才成為第一個將解放日(Emancipation
Day：Juneteenth)定為官方節日的州；六月節已經成為非裔美人慶祝己身自由、文化及成就的節日，它是全美同慶非裔美人歷史及慶祝他們重獲自由的日子。
Do you know what Juneteenth is?
It is the name for a holiday celebrating June 19, 1865, the day when Union soldiers arrived in Texas and spread the word that President Lincoln had delivered his Emancipation Procalamation. News traveled so slowly in those days that Texas did not hear of Lincoln's Proclamation, which he gave on January 1, 1863, until more than two years after it was issued!
The proclamation declared "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free." Thus, the Emancipation Proclamation was limited in many ways. It applied only to states that had seceded from the Union, leaving slavery untouched in the loyal border states. It also expressly exempted parts of the Confederacy that had already come under Northern control. Most important, the freedom it promised depended upon Union military victory.
Although Juneteenth has been informally celebrated each year since 1865, it wasn't until June 3, 1979, that Texas became the first state to proclaim Emancipation Day (Juneteenth) an official state holiday. But it is much more than a holiday. Juneteenth has become a day for African Americans to celebrate their freedom, culture, and achievements. It is a day for all Americans to celebrate African American history and rejoice in their freedom.
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