Juneteenth, also known as Freedom Day, commemorates the day in 1865 when Union soldiers arrived in Galveston, Texas, to order freedom for the enslaved people of the state — two months after the Confederacy had surrendered in the Civil War.
The volunteers say it's important to honor the sacrifice of the soldiers.
He's had an up-close brush with death, destruction, and trauma, but he wasn't in law enforcement until Wednesday.
June 19, 1865, was the day enslaved African-Americans in Texas learned that the Civil War had ended and they were free.
The cannonball was powerful enough to have caused significant damage.
A local high school has opted to change its mascot in the name of racial equity, and several other area schools may do the same.
Civil War artifacts tied to Black soldiers are highly collectible and incredibly rare, a museum official said.
From California and Missouri to right here in Kentucky, a lot of historic monuments have been removed.
The billboards say "If Castleman Goes, I'm Next."
"It's like a tourist attraction."