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Juneteenth marks the emancipation of Black slaves in the United States. Here are events to commemorate the holiday.

Perched in front of the Sandwich Town Hall in his well-recognized suit and tie, Selectman Charles Holden proudly recited his portion of the town’s newly adopted Race Amity Day proclamation

Joining me now, matthew dowd, former chief strategist for president george w. bush. good evening, sir. thank you, so much. hey. i just want to tell you, before we get started here. i -- i saw your article in "medium." it's great. >> uh-huh. >> beautifully written. honoring juneteenth, by speaking truth and -- and fighting for our democracy. thank you for that. and i suggest that everyone -- >> my pleasure. my pleasure. we all -- we all need to remember that it -- what happened was the truth wasn't told to 250,000 slaves in texas and that's why we have to keep telling the truth, today. >> yeah....

Easy, in some quarters, to be performative, to do a performative gesture, rather than do the real work? do you understand what i am saying? >> oh, yeah. yeah. there may be an element of that, as well. but we are going to do right by juneteenth. that is to say, to continue to do the things that people that have been celebrating it have done. and that is, make it an educational holiday. to talk about history and all of those things. and we'll continue to fight about voting rights. >> uh-huh. >> so, there -- i -- i see these things as, you know, i understand a game may be played here. but it's an...

So, juneteenth, that order, is linked to the declaration. it is linked to the fourth of july. it is not a substitute for the fourth of july. nobody -- well, you know, there may be some people out there. but there's no reason to think that the people who are proponents of juneteenth want to get rid of fourth of july. african-american people have been the most patriotic people in this country. >> thank you. >> we have had the deepest faith in this country, from the very beginning. and took the words of the declaration, when they came, seriously. >> seriously. yes. >> and have always tried to mak...