Three years after Arkansas legislators made June 19 a state memorial day to honor the freeing of 200,000 slaves in Texas 143 years ago, the popularity of celebrations marking the day is increasing, the state Juneteenth promoter said Friday.

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This article was published June 14, 2008 at 3:58 a.m.

Arkansas, Pages 13, 19 on 06/14/2008

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