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Fly the flag which symbolizes Juneteenth The Juneteenth flag, mirroring the US flag's red, white and blue, indicates that slaves and their heirs are also true Americans just like everyone else A star in the center is Texas, with a bigger outer star reflecting new liberty and a new population Hoisting or carrying the flag is a The Juneteenth Flag & History On , federal troops arrived in Galveston Bay, Texas to announce that over 250,000 were free, two and a half years after the Emancipation Proclamation went into effect A year later, freed people in Texas celebrated 'Jubilee Day' on June 19th In 1997, the flag was created by activist Ben Haith, founder of the National Juneteenth There is a decadeslong history of Black folk fighting to turn Juneteenth into a national holiday, which culminated in a victory on as President Biden signed the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act into law However, I can't imagine that the organizers keeping the movement alive intended f...