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The June 19 federal and state holiday honors the day in 1865 when the last enslaved African Americans learned they had been freed — two years after the Emancipation Proclamation.
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The community-owned store offering locally sourced food and products was 10 years in the making, owners said.
Hundreds cheered from the sidewalk of Division Street as the parade passed through Humboldt Park Saturday, many holding or even wearing different renditions of the nation's flag.