NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WZTV) — Governor Bill Lee has ordered flags at the State Capitol to fly at half-staff Wednesday in honor of former State Senator Thelma Harper as she lies in state at the Capitol.

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In the beginnings of the holiday celebrated as Black Americans’ true Independence Day, the outdoors allowed for large, raucous reunions among formerly enslaved family, many of whom had been separated.

Harper, who left office in 2018, backed key legislation in her 30-year tenure that focused mostly on the needs of women and children.

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Juneenth marks the day in 1865 enslaved people in Galveston, Texas found out they had been freed — after the end of the Civil War, and two years after President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation.

Gov. JB Pritzker issued an order for all flags to be lowered from sunrise Wednesday, June 19th, 2024 to sunset Thursday, June 20th, 2024, in observance of Juneteenth National Freedom Day.

Since it was designated a federal holiday in 2021, Juneteenth has become more universally recognized beyond Black America. Many people get the day off work or school, and there are a plethora of street festivals, fairs, concerts and other events.

Senator Harper passed away on April 22. She was the first African American woman elected to Tennessee’s State Senate and the longest-serving female senator in Tennessee history.

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