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Juneteenth in Historic Deerfield

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Juneteenth in Historic Deerfield
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Monte talks with Dr. Kathy Bullock about Songs of Abolition, an historic occasion with music never or rarely heard by a contemporary live audience, celebrating emancipation and the first Federal celebration of Juneteenth in Historic Deerfield.

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