The Triumph of Freedom: AFGSC Honors Juneteenth

AFGSC Celebrates Juneteenth Published June 19, 2023 By Staff Sgt. Shelby Thurman Air Force Global Strike Command Public Affairs BARKSDALE AIR FORCE BASE, La. — The Significance of Juneteenth Juneteenth, often referred to as America’s Second Independence Day, commemorates the day in 1865 when more than 250,000 enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, finally received word […]