Juneteenth kicks off in city where it originated
Location: Galveston, Texas Juneteenth marks the end of the legal enslavement of Black Americans Date: June 18, 2022 Historians say that took place ...
Location: Galveston, Texas Juneteenth marks the end of the legal enslavement of Black Americans Date: June 18, 2022 Historians say that took place on June 19, 1865 in Galveston, Texas DOUGLAS MATTHEWS, JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION COORDINATOR: "It took 30 months for the President Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation and the enforcement thereof to reach the South. Major General Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston, Texas with 2,000 troops on June 18, 1865 - two and a half years later - to announce and to enforce the freeing of Black slaves.