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    Dogface Soldiers learn about the history and meaning of Juneteenth

    SHIZUOKA, JAPAN

    06.19.2021

    Photo by Pfc. Anthony Ford 

    3rd Infantry Division

    U.S. Army Staff Sgt. O’Bosi Roland, a Selma, Alabama, native and mechanic assigned to 1st Battalion, 28th Infantry Regiment “Black Lions,” 3rd Infantry Division, teaches Soldiers about Juneteenth during a class on Camp Fuji, Japan, June 19, 2021. President Joe Biden signed the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act into law June 17, 2021, officially making June 19 a federal holiday and giving national recognition to a day commemorating emancipation. This holiday commemorates June 19, 1865, when a group of Union soldiers informed enslaved people in Texas that they had been freed two years earlier by the Emancipation Proclamation.

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    Date Taken: 06.19.2021
    Date Posted: 06.19.2021 07:02
    Photo ID: 6700238
    VIRIN: 210619-A-HS753-001
    Resolution: 2585x1451
    Size: 850.36 KB
    Location: SHIZUOKA, JP
    Hometown: SELMA, ALABAMA, US

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