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Why do we celebrate Juneteenth? Juneteenth is a holiday marking slaves in Texas learning in 1865 that they had been freed by President Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation. The executive ...
That year, Black leaders in Texas raised $1,000 for the purchase of 10 acres (4 ha) of land, today known as Houston's Emancipation Park, to celebrate Juneteenth. [ 51 ] The observation was soon drawing thousands of attendees across Texas.
With festivals, concerts, parades and lectures, Austin has plenty of events marking the federal holiday of Juneteenth this year. Parades, poetry and a free Scarface concert: 12 ways to observe ...
When did Junteenth become a federal holiday?
In Texas, Emancipation Day is celebrated on 19 June. It commemorates the announcement in Texas of the abolition of slavery made on that day in 1865. It is commonly known as Juneteenth. Since the late 20th century, this date has gained recognition beyond Texas, and became a federal holiday in 2021.
Juneteenth commemorates the day -- June 19, 1865 -- when federal soldiers arrived in Galveston to take control of Texas and ensure the slaves were freed per the Emancipation Proclamation ...
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. [2]
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 ...