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Each year on June 19th, communities across the United States honor the day when freedom finally reached the last enslaved people in Texas, two and a half years after the Emancipation Proclamation was issued. Known as Juneteenth, this powerful milestone has grown from local gatherings into a nationwide celebration of resilience, remembrance, and Black American culture. What is Juneteenth? Juneteenth is a U.S. holiday that commemorates the formal end of slavery across the country. While President …

Flags.com is proud to announce a new monthly feature on our blog. We want to highlight a different person or organization who is making a difference in the world using the powerful symbols of flags. For the inaugural post, we are highlighting the good that Jeff Parness has been doing. We were in the audience when the National Independent Flag Dealers Association presented the George Washington Award to Parness for his work on the National 9/11 Flag.Jeff Parness was a software venture capitalist …