
Juneteenth: A Celebration of Freedom
Saturday, June 19, 2021
On June 19, 1865, Union General Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston, Texas, and told enslaved African-Americans they were free. The announcement came two months after the Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered at Appomattox, Va. General Granger’s announcement put into effect the Emancipation Proclamation, which had been issued more than two and a half years… Continue Reading Juneteenth: A Celebration of Freedom