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Home » Press Releases » WisDems: Celebrates Juneteenth
MADISON, Wis. — In honor of Juneteenth, Democratic Party of Wisconsin Chair Ben Wikler and Vice Chair Felesia Martin released the following statements: Democratic Party of Wisconsin Chair Ben Wikler: “We celebrate Juneteenth to mark the day in 1865 when the last enslaved Black Americans in Texas first learned of the Emancipation Proclamation—more than two years after it was iss...