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Opal Lee takes Juneteenth walk to Fair Park

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Opal Lee, known as the "grandmother of Juneteenth," led her annual walk to mark the holiday Wednesday. Lee championed the creation of a holiday to mark the day Major General Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston and ordered the enforcement of the Emancipation Proclamation after the Civil War.

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Opal Lee, known as the "grandmother of Juneteenth," led her annual walk to mark the holiday Wednesday. Lee championed the creation of a holiday to mark the day Major General Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston and ordered the enforcement of the Emancipation Proclamation after the Civil War.

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