Ivie Macy, KOLR
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — Juneteenth celebrations are taking place across Springfield to mark the first year the date is recognized as a nation-wide holiday.
As KOLR-10 reports, at Missouri State University (MSU), staff gathered to honor the day the last remaining slaves discovered they had been freed.
This has defined our nation’s history perhaps in ways nothing else much has besides maybe the actual Revolutionary War,” said Doctor Lyle Foster, an assistant professor at MSU. “It’s a story of survival, and I’m very grateful that Juneteenth has now become a national holiday.”