Re: tomorrow is Juneteenth


Posted by KT ..107..97.95 on Jun 18, 2020 at 16:34:21:

In Reply to: Re: tomorrow is Juneteenth posted by DG on Jun 18, 2020 at 16:12:28:

Mr Google:
DescriptionJuneteenth is an unofficial American holiday and an official Texas state holiday, celebrated annually on the 19th of June in the United States to commemorate Union army general Gordon Granger's reading of federal orders in the city of Galveston, Texas, on 19 June 1865, proclaiming all slaves in Texas were now free. Wikipedia
Date: Friday, June 19, 2020
Significance: Emancipation of the last remaining enslaved African Americans in the Confederacy
Observances: Exploration and celebration of African American history and heritage
Also called: Freedom Day or Emancipation Day
Observed by: Residents of the United States, especially African Americans, Mascogos



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