Herk Nation commemorates Juneteenth
Arkansas State Representative, Ken Ferguson, speaks during a Juneteenth celebration at Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas, June 15, 2023. Juneteenth is a federal holiday that commemorates the day news of the Emancipation Proclamation reached enslaved people in Galveston, Texas on June 19, 1865, three years after President Abraham Lincoln had issued the proclamation. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Isabell A. Nutt)