It's a day to cheer freedom and a vital founding father 

On a day that celebrates fathers and freedom (Father’s Day and Juneteenth), let’s salute a true father of democracy in Central Florida: Gustavus Christopher “Gus” Henderson, who was born in 1862 to enslaved parents.

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