Politics & Government

Rep. Graves Makes Statement on Juneteenth

U.S. Rep. Tom Graves (R-GA-14) issued the following statement on Juneteenth and the commemoration of the end of slavery in the United States:

 “Imagine the hope that filled every enslaved man, woman and child as news of President Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation, and later the 13th Amendment, slowly spread from town to town. I think of the number of prayers, whispered throughout so much hardship, that were finally answered. Freedom was forever redefined in America. As we celebrate the end of slavery in our country, I join my constituents in honoring African American heritage and the victorious struggle for freedom.”

On Wednesday, U.S. House leadership dedicated a statue of Frederick Douglass in Emancipation Hall of the U.S. Capitol Visitors Center. To learn more and to watch the event live, visit http://www.speaker.gov/frederickdouglass/.


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