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Often told is the story of a messenger who was murdered on his way to Texas with the news of freedom.Another, is that the news was deliberately withheld by the enslavers to maintain the labor force on the plantations.

Certain foods became popular and subsequently synonymous with Juneteenth celebrations such as strawberry soda-pop.

Washington Park, which had become the Juneteenth celebration site in 1898.

There are accounts of Juneteenth activities being interrupted and halted by white landowners demanding that their laborers return to work.

One of the earliest documented land purchases in the name of Juneteenth was organized by Rev. This fund-raising effort yielded 00 and the purchase of Emancipation Park in Houston, Texas.

In Mexia, the local Juneteenth organization purchased Booker T.