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DESCRIPTION:2019 California State Capitol Juneteenth National Freedom Day expands 
 education and recognition of California’s role as part of the National 
 Underground Railroad Network to Freedom. \n\nBoth free and enslaved Pan 
 Africans are “hidden figures” in California History.  Beginning in 
 1846, a focused "Manifest Destiny" transition from Alta California in the 
 Mexican Republic, to the 31st state of the United States was complete in 
 1848.   \n\nCalifornia Pioneers of African ancestry played very significant 
 roles before, during and after the California Gold Rush on the journey to 
 participating in a very bloody U.S. Civil War in our unique journey toward 
 Juneteenth, June 19, 1865.    \n\nDr. Patricia Isabell Adelekan will be one 
 of our featured speakers as we share “Voices to Be Heard, Honoring our 
 Ancestors” 11:30 am, Wednesday, June 19, 2019 beginning on the West Steps 
 of the California State Capitol and ending in the cool shade of the State 
 Capitol Civil War Memorial Grove.  \n\nDr. Patricia Adelekan’s 
 great-great-great-grandfather, Charles Diuguid served in the United States 
 Colored Troops in Virginia and participated during some of the bloodiest 
 battles on American soil.  Trooper Charles Diuguid was serving as a 
 blacksmith at Appomattox, Va., on April 9, 1865, when Confederate General 
 Robert E. Lee surrendered to Lt. General Ulysses S. Grant of the Union 
 Army, beginning the end of the US Civil War.\n\nPresident Abraham 
 Lincoln’s Executive Order, January 1, 1863, the Emancipation Proclamation 
 authorized US Colored Troops to fight for our freedom, and on June 19, 
 1865, over 1,500 US Colored Troops were stationed at the ready on Galveston 
 Island, Texas when General Gordon Granger gave the orders to begin a 
 campaign to secure cotton plantations throughout Texas, while freeing 
 enslaved Africans who remained hard at forced labor during the US Civil 
 War. \n\nOur 154th Juneteenth Celebration of Freedom brings to life "Voices 
 to be Heard" that honor our elders and ancestors sacrifice during this 
 special 400 year of return, back to Africa.   \n\nApril 2015, Dr. Adelekan 
 joined about 50 other Diuguid descendants from 14 states for a family 
 reunion at the Appomattox Court House National Historic Park, Virginia.  
 "Growing up, you don’t understand everything that’s explained about 
 your family’s history, but I was told that he was very special,” said 
 Dr. Adelekan, a retired educator, “his work ethic and giving back 
 influenced our family’s values.”\n\nDr. Adelekan said Diuguid’s 
 legacy influenced several generations of her family, including several 
 medical doctors, lawyers, religious leaders and educators.  \n\nToday, Dr. 
 Adelekan leads Youth on a Move, Inc., the International Educator’s Hall 
 of Fame and has joined our effort to expand understanding of the 
 significance of the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom, to 
 our California story.   \n\nEveryone is invited to experience our beginning 
 effort to feature our "Voices to be Heard” during our 2019 California 
 State Capitol Juneteenth Celebration.\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2019/06/12/18823913.php
SUMMARY:California Juneteenth National Freedom Day
LOCATION:West Steps, California State Capitol \nCalifornia State Capitol Civil War 
 Memorial Grove
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2019/06/12/18823913.php
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