Modern Striped Cotton Hand Towel - African American Flag // Juneteenth Celebration

Modern Striped Cotton Hand Towel - African American Flag // Juneteenth CelebrationOn June 19, 1865, roughly two months after the Confederate general Robert E. Lee surrendered at Appomattox, Virginia, a man named Gordon Granger, a Union general, arrived in Galveston, Texas, to inform enslaved African Americans of their freedom and that the Civil War was officially over. General Grangers announcement activated the Emancipation Proclamation, which had been issued more than two and a half years earlier on Jan. 1, 1863, by President

Color: Greyish Brown and Red

Color: Brown and Yellow

and adding new favorites along the way

Color: Puerto Escondido (Yellow/Blue)

Rather than hide it away

a Union general

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Color: Black and Orange

This rug took over a month to produce

Color: Cozumel (Blue and Cream)

Rebeca Ojeda Castro

• One handmade spoon rest from Honey Lain — crafted from white stoneware and finished in a luminous pink reactive glaze