JUNETEENTH DAY✊🏾| Today is Juneteenth -- the traditional commemoration date of the emancipation of enslaved people in the United States.
President Joe Biden signed the bill on June 17, 2021, that was passed by Congress to set aside Juneteenth, or June 19, as a federal holiday.The Senate approved the bill unanimously; only 14 House Republicans — many representing states that were part of the slave-holding Confederacy in the 19th century — opposed the measure.The celebration started with the freed slaves of Galveston, Texas.
Union Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger and his troops arrived at Galveston on June 19, 1865, with news that the war had ended and that the enslaved were now free. That was more than two months after Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee surrendered to Union Gen. Ulysses S. Grant in Virginia.Granger delivered General Order No. 3, which said: “The people of Texas are informed that, in accordance with a proclamation from the Executive of the United States, all slaves are free.
Often celebrated at first with church picnics and speeches, the holiday spread across the nation and internationally as Black Texans moved elsewhere. Supporters of the holiday have worked to make sure Juneteenth celebrators don’t forget why the day exists.
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