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Washington, d. C. , new york, san antonio. There are a lot of over 40 states and weve been told that theyre at least five Foreign Countries that even celebrate the juneteenth emancipation day. This date is very important, because it showed that even though texas is a southern state, it had compassion for the africanamericans struggle of slavery. Hello, everyone, and welcome im ian cooke of the Smithsonians National portrait gallery. Here at the portrait gallery, its an article of faith that every picture tells a story. This Program Series face to face exists to connect some of the thousands of stories that we have on hand and to make one step from story to history. Our presenter today is jim barber, a historian here at the portrait gallery. Jim has written and lectured extensively on the civil war. Hes finishin ....