19 the of June is a celebration of the end of black slavery in the south in the USA.

Juneteenth, or “Freedom Day” is the oldest nationally celebrated commemoration of the ending of slavery in the United States. This holiday is considered the “longest running African-American holiday” and has been called “America’s second Independence Day.” It was on June 19, 1865, that Union soldiers, led by Maj. Gen.

It’s widely believed that the color red symbolically represents the blood shed by enslaved African ancestors