# @WakeForest on Twitter

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://twitter.com/WakeForest/status/1670783271175684096
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/7588795-WakeForest-twitter
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/thumbnails/5de3a623e4.jpg
- **Posted:** 2023-06-19T13:19:08.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Wake Forest University (@WakeForest) — https://gondola.cc/WakeForest

## Caption

After decades of being celebrated at mostly the local level, #Juneteenth – the long-standing holiday that commemorates the arrival of news of emancipation and freedom to enslaved Black people in Galveston, Texas, in 1865 – became a federal holiday in 2021. 

In honor of this… https://t.co/LL4qnjDMy7 https://t.co/odEeUn3zxQ

## Stats

- **Views:** 0
- **Likes:** 97
- **Shares:** 40
- **Comments:** 3

## Credits

| Name | Username | Profile | Role |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Wake Forest University | @WakeForest | https://gondola.cc/WakeForest | University |
| Mary K. Elkins Birch | @HelloMaryK | https://gondola.cc/HelloMaryK | Director of Social Media |
| Mike Shaw | @MikeShawVideo | https://gondola.cc/MikeShawVideo | Editor |
| Mike Shaw | @MikeShawVideo | https://gondola.cc/MikeShawVideo | Videographer |

## Tags

juneteenth

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