Juneteenth 2003

by | Jun 19, 2023 | Slavery

President George W. Bush June 19, 2003: In 1863, President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, declaring “that all persons held as slaves” within the rebellious states “are, and henceforward shall be, free.” This news reached...

Juneteenth

by | Jun 19, 2020 | Slavery

From Juneteenth.com: Juneteenth is the oldest nationally celebrated commemoration of the ending of slavery in the United States. Dating back to 1865, it was on June 19th that the Union soldiers, led by Major General Gordon Granger, landed at Galveston, Texas with news...