Songs for June 20
Syl Johnson, John Cale, Chet Atkins, Mickie Most and The Gear, Brian Wilson, Salt Water Taffy, Anne Murray, The Commodores, Love of Life Orchestra, and Girlschool
Good morning, friends. It’s June 20, and it’s a federal holiday the United States. Today we commemorate Juneteenth, the day enslaved Africans in Galveston, Texas learned of their emancipation, two years after President Lincoln signed the proclamation and six months after the 13th Amendment finally passed both houses of Congress. It was a giant step forw…
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