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Camp reenacts Civil War battle on Juneteenth; director apologizes

By Rosanna Weaver On June 20, many local residents had a day off work for the federal holiday of Juneteenth National Independence Day. This year, for the first time, the new federal holiday was also a City of Hyattsville holiday.  Juneteenth commemorates June 19, 1865, when federal soldiers arrived in Galveston, Texas, proclaiming emancipation for […]

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