Events for Juneteenth are being held throughout the Tri-State area on Monday.
Juneteenth celebrations started early in New York City with Broadway stars singing the Black national anthem in Times Square.
Juneteenth, June 19, 1865, marks the day emancipated slaves in Galveston, Texas, finally found out they were free, more than two years after President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation.
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