Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston, Texas, to inform the country's last enslaved people that they had been freed under the Emancipation Proclamation. The origins of Juneteenth stem from an important date after the Civil War - Jwhen the Union General Maj. Monday, June 19, marks the third time Juneteenth is observed nationwide as a federal holiday.Ī commemoration of the end of slavery in the United States, Juneteenth is also called Freedom Day or Emancipation Day, and its roots date back more than 150 years.
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