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Beast River Fitness – WOD

“We know through painful experience that freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor, it must be demanded by the oppressed.”
~ Martin Luther King Jr., “Letter From Birmingham Jail,” April 16, 1963

What is Juneteenth?
Juneteenth is a holiday marking slaves in Texas learning in 1865 that they had been freed by President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation. The executive order outlawed slavery in Confederate states beginning Jan. 1, 1863, the midpoint of the Civil War.

The holiday has several other names that can be used interchangeably, including Freedom Day and Emancipation Day.

“Juneteenth is a unifying holiday,” said Steve Williams, president of the National Juneteenth Observance Foundation, to USA Today in 2020. “It is the completion of the celebration of freedom in America.”

Juneteenth (Time)

6 RNDs:

6 Burpees to target

19 Wall Balls

18 Push-ups

65 DU