Juneteenth (short for June Nineteenth) marks June 19, 1865, when Union General Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston, Texas, and announced General Order No. 3: “All slaves are free.” This was the last major holdout of slavery in the Confederacy, and the announcement effectively ended slavery in the U.S., even though President Lincoln had signed theContinueContinue reading “What Is Juneteenth?”
