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Tannywheeler Juneteenth today? - got a song for it? (31) RE: Juneteenth today? - got a song for it? 20 Jun 10

Uuhhmm--as a song to celebrate freedom, maybe. But how does a song about Irish sailors & priests relate to the day the slaves in Texas (& other Southern states) got official notice that they were free?? That's what the date signifies--June 19,1865--the day the official announcement was made by an officer in the Union Army as they re-established the fact that Texas was again(still?) a state in The Union....Tw

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