Juneteenth has been celebrated annually around the country since 1865 when a Union General arrived in Galveston, Texas, and informed the enslaved African Americans that the Confederacy had lost the war and that they were free as per the Emancipation Proclamation, which was inked in 1863.
It appears the Marine Corps is heading down a path that will see the service integrate boot camp at the company level, but leave platoons segregated by gender.