Juneteenth ceremonies have kicked off in the ... of America's often violent and oppressive treatment of its Black citizens. Also known as Freedom Day or Emancipation Day, Juneteenth officially ...

Texans can only buy fireworks around the holidays of the Fourth of July, New Year's and, for Texans who live near the ...

Emancipation Day. Freedom Day. Jubilee Day. Juneteenth is known by many names. On June 19, 1865, Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger delivered General Order No. 3 to the enslaved people and residents of ...

The day became known as Juneteenth, a word created by joining ... In January 1863, Lincoln had issued the Emancipation Proclamation, which made slavery illegal. More than three and a half million ...

Juneteenth is the oldest nationally celebrated commemoration ... This news was received nearly two and a half years after President Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation – which became official on ...

Juneteenth reminds us to cherish our freedom ... Under the law, my ancestors weren’t seen as fully human until the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863. But not all of them. During the Civil ...

Juneteenth remembers June 19, 1865, when a Union general told enslaved African Americans in Texas that the war had ended and the Emancipation Proclamation was in effect. In a proclamation in June ...