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PSNS & IMF employee resource groups join hands in celebration
July 13, 2023 — Organized by four of Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility’s Employee Resource Groups, it was standing room only at the command’s Juneteenth Celebration June 20. The ERG collaboration was the first of its kind and attendees spilled over into the hallways to enjoy sweet and savory foods, and hear remarks from Capt. David... MORE

Capt. David Murray, deputy commander, Northwest Regional Maintenance Center, offers remarks June 20, 2023, during the annual PSNS & IMF Juneteenth Celebration. (U.S. Navy photo by Wendy Hallmark)

Celebrating Freedom – NSWC Dahlgren hosts commemoration of Juneteenth
June 16, 2023 — As John Lewis, an American politician and civil rights activist, once said, “You must never, ever give in. You must never, ever give out. We must keep the faith because we are one people. We are brothers and sisters. We all live in the same house: The American house.” On June 14, Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) commemorated... MORE

IMAGE: Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) Commanding Officer Capt. Philip Mlynarski, Eunice Haigler, Pastor Hashmel Turner Jr., Charita Mariner and NSWCDD Human Systems Engineer, Dr. Sherry Springs after the Juneteenth Freedom Day Observance, June 14.

NSWC Dahlgren Division Hosts Juneteenth Commemoration at University of Mary Washington Dahlgren Campus
July 7, 2022 — When William Jones learned that Juneteenth National Independence Day was becoming a federal holiday in 2021, there was a sense of pride. “I remember feeling the same feeling I felt when they elected the first African American President [Barack Obama],” Jones said. “I was just beside myself to realize that the nation was going to celebrate the end... MORE

IMAGE: From left to right, William Jones, Virginia Black History Month Association president; Eunice Haigler, Color of History Coalition president; Dr. Paula Royster, Center for African American Genealogical Research, Inc. president and CEO; show Certificates of Appreciation that were presented by Terri Gray, Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) chief of staff; at NSWCDD’s commemoration of Juneteenth 2022 at the University of Mary Washington Dahlgren Campus, June 30.

Juneteenth | America's second Independence Day
June 9, 2022 — Juneteenth will be celebrated as a federal holiday June 20 this year, after becoming an official holiday last year by executive order of President Joe Biden.Juneteenth celebrates the date, June 19, 1865, when the last Confederate community of enslaved Americans in Galveston, Texas, received word that they had been freed from bondage. Union General... MORE

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