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When there are slavers to shoot, we all can have a little American pride - as a treat 19th Century History (media.piefed.social)
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[–] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

My home town celebrates August 8th because that's when news of the Emancipation Proclamation reached Paducah KY.

Two months.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Well howdy, neighbor. It's strange that since joining Lemmy I've seen several mentions of places close to where I live, and that's never happened to me even once on reddit despite using it for years.

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