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For more than one-and-a-half centuries, the Juneteenth holiday has been sacred to many Black communities. It marks the day in 1865 enslaved people in Galveston, Texas found out they had been freed ...
Juneteenth World Wide Celebration, website for 150th anniversary celebration Juneteenth Historical Marker , Juneteenth historical marker at 2201 Strand, Galveston, TX 2022 Holidays , United States Office of Personal Management
Juneteenth marks the day on June 19, 1865, when Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger informed people in Galveston, Texas, that President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation two years earlier had ...
One of the earliest was the Galveston Tri-Weekly News, which printed General Order No. 3 on June 20, 1865, the day after it was issued. [4] On July 7, 1865, The New York Times printed a copy of General Order No. 3 among a series of other recent general orders issued by Granger, which it described as "interesting news from Texas" under the ...
While COVID-19 put Juneteenth plans on pause for many, 2022 is set to be the year that people celebrate in full force. This year, June 19 is a Sunday, so the public holiday is to be observed on ...
Juneteenth National Independence Day 2021 Commemorates General Order No. 3, the legal decree issued in 1865 by Union General Gordon Granger enforcing the Emancipation Proclamation to the residents of Galveston, Texas , at the end of the American Civil War .
Crystal Baziel holds the Pan-African flag Monday, June 19, 2023, during Reedy Chapel A.M.E Church’s annual Juneteenth Family Fun Day, in Galveston, Texas. (Jennifer Reynolds/The Galveston County ...
Members of Reedy Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church march to celebrate Juneteenth on June 19, 2021 in Galveston, Texas. Credit - Photo by Go Nakamura/Getty Images