At 90 years old, Ms. Opal began her walking campaign to bring attention to the need for Juneteenth to be a National Day of Observance. With 49 states that officially recognize it as a day of observance, she believes now is the time for national legislation. 

Starting here in Fort Worth, she walked mile for mile through Arlington, Grand Prairie, and Dallas until a change was made to go where she was invited to walk her prescribed 2.5 miles representing the years it took for enforcement of Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation to reach Texas and free the slaves here. 

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