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Independence Day

by russellropeEvents, Holiday 07/04/202507/04/2025Comments are Disabled

Freedom, Reflection & the Ongoing Fight for Justice July 4th marks Independence Day — a celebration of the United States declaring freedom from colonial rule in 1776. It’s a day known for fireworks, cookouts, and red-white-and-blue everything — but it’s also a moment to pause, reflect, and ask: what does freedom truly mean today? What …

Juneteenth

by russellropeBlog, Events, Holiday 06/19/202506/19/2025Comments are Disabled

Freedom, Reflection, & Forward Motion June 19th, known as Juneteenth, commemorates the end of slavery in the United States. On this day in 1865, more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation was signed, Union troops arrived in Galveston, Texas, with news that enslaved Black Americans were finally free. Juneteenth is not only a day …