Dear Community Partners, It is an honor to serve as Mayor of a city with so many great community partners.In 2021, both President Biden, on the national level, and Gov. John Bel Edwards on the state level, recognized Juneteenth as a national and state holiday respectively.Juneteenth signifies the day news of the Emancipation Proclamation reached enslaved Black people in Galveston, Texas. Freedom…
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