# @marionmilitary on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DLFHUfup9pf
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/31596393-marionmilitary-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/8101c5d840.jpg
- **Posted:** 2025-06-19T11:00:12.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Marion Military Institute (@marionmilitary) — https://gondola.cc/marionmilitary

## Caption

MMI offices will be closed on June 19, in observance of Juneteenth. The holiday stems from 6/19/1865, when enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, learned from Union Commander BG Gordon Granger that the Civil War had ended and they had finally been freed. 

#emancipation #juneteenth #freedomday

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## Tags

freedomday, juneteenth, emancipation

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