ALL THINGS HISTORICAL
Juneteenth
Archie P. McDonald
      On June 19, 1865, Union General Gordon Granger brought the full force of the United States military establishment to Galveston and proclaimed the Civil War at an end and all wartime proclamations by President Abraham Lincoln in effect in the Lone Star State. Part of that dealt with the end of slavery in Texas.
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THIS WEEK IN TEXAS
Ex big leaguer makes champions of longhorns
BY BARTEE HAILE
      The University of Texas beat Washington State 3-0 on Jun. 23, 1950 and became the first college baseball team ever to win back-to-back national championships. The architect of this unprecedented achievement was Bibb Augustus Falk, a hometown boy born and bred in the Lone Star capital.
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30 years of press clippings a public service of the History Center
      ONE YEAR AGO Major Phillip Gage completes year-long training program in the Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. Gage is a 1990 graduate of Diboll High School and 1994 graduate of Texas A & M University.
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