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src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fbusiness.facebook.com%2FNMAAHC%2Fvideos%2F10154508052246990%2F&show_text=0&width=840" title="Freedom Calling: Interactive Tour with Founding Director Lonnie Bunch" width="840"></iframe></p> <p>Juneteenth marks our country’s second independence day. Though it has long been celebrated among the African American community, it is a history that has been marginalized and still remains largely unknown to the wider public. The legacy of Juneteenth shows the value of deep hope and urgent organizing in uncertain times. This Museum is a community space where that spirit can continue to live on – where histories like this one can surface, and new stories with equal urgency can be told.</p> <p>Watch the video as the Museum's Founding Director Lonnie Bunch III leads a tour through our <a href="https://nmaahc.si.edu/explore/exhibitions/slavery-and-freedom">Slavery and Freedom</a> exhibition to celebrate <a href="https://twitter.com/search?l=&q=%23juneteenth%20from%3ANMAAHC&src=typd">#Juneteenth</a>, highlighting stories behind some of our most popular objects, including <a href="https://nmaahc.si.edu/object/nmaahc_2011.28">Nat Turner's bible</a>, freedom papers of <a href="https://nmaahc.si.edu/object/nmaahc_2014.25">free African Americans</a> and a Sibley tent that housed African Americans who ran from Southern plantations in search of freedom with the Union army.</p> <p>Learn more about the <a href="https://nmaahc.si.edu/blog-post/historical-legacy-juneteenth">historical legacy of Juneteenth</a> and 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