BLOOMFIELD, NJ — In support of the mission of the Oranges and Maplewood Branch of the NAACP and in observance of Juneteenth, Bloomfield College raised a commemorative flag on campus in front of Knox Hall as part of its participation in the Bloomfield Township Juneteenth celebration.
Fittingly, the double-sided standard-size flag was designed to feature the NAACP logo on one side and recognize Juneteenth on the other side.
“The raising of this commemorative flag on the Bloomfield College campus is very significant to us,” college President Marcheta P. Evans said. “As New Jersey’s only four-year predominantly black institution, this opportunity to support the mission of the NAACP mirrors our values as a diverse community of learners who seek — and would profoundly benefit from — the realization of justice and equality for all people.”
Juneteenth is the oldest nationally celebrated commemoration of the ending of slavery in the United States. Dating back to 1865, it was on June 19 that the Union soldiers, led by Major Gen. Gordon Granger, landed at Galveston, Texas, with news that the war had ended and that the enslaved were now free. This event occurred two-and-a-half years after President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation.
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