Willmar celebrates ‘another Independence Day’ with Juneteenth event

Willmar celebrates ‘another Independence Day’ with Juneteenth event

WILLMAR — The 4th of July marks the date the United States became independent from colonial England and many of its people became free. However, enslaved African Americans were not freed for almost another 100 years. Juneteenth is another day to celebrate freedom, created in African-American communities. The holiday recognizes June 19, the day in 1865 when the last enslaved African Americans in Galveston, Texas, learned that they were free, two …