By CHRIS HOUCHENS GlasgowNews1 Glasgow and Barren County residents will mark Juneteenth on Friday, June 19, with a mix of community celebrations and holiday closures affecting government offices and city services. Juneteenth is observed each year on June 19 to commemorate the day in 1865 when enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, learned they were free, more than two years after President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation. The …
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