GAFFNEY

JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION



The City of Gaffney will celebrate Juneteenth with three days of events. Juneteenth celebrates the liberation of African American slaves. The 13th Amendment, which freed the slaves, passed on Jan. 31, 1865. General Robert E. Lee surrendered his army on April 9, followed by General Kirby Smith, who controlled Texas, on May 26, and Stand Waite from the Indian Territory […]

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