The history behind Juneteenth you might not have known Juneteenth is the oldest nationally celebrated commemoration of the ending of slavery in the United States. In 1865, there were an estimated 250,000 enslaved people in Texas. The Union soldiers, led by Major General Gordon Granger, landed at Galveston, Texas, with news that the war had…
Read More JuneteenthJuneteenth, June 19, 1865, marks the day when news of the Emancipation Proclamation and the abolition of slavery reached Texas via a Union Army general Gordon Granger, setting off celebrations among the newly freed. It became an official Virginia state holiday on October 13, 2020. As far as I’ve been able to find, Virginia and…
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