June 19, 1863 Pennsylvania Abolitionist Society enforce the Emancipation order

June 19, 1863 Orders to authorize the formation of the USCT

June 19, 1865 U.S.C.T. 29th 31st in Galveston, TX or General Order #3

June 14, 1866 Treaty with Five Civilized Tribes ended slavery in Oklahoma signed, the end of slavery in the nation

June 19, 1964 Civil Rights Act of 1964 survived an 83 day filibuster in Senate

June 19, 1968 Poor People’s Campaign Solidarity Day March, Washington D.C.

ALL THINGS JUNETEENTH – Proposed Legislation is below

Juneteenth National Freedom Day of Observance Proclamation

Whereas, Juneteenth National Freedom Day continues to be the most recognized African American holiday observance in the United States.

Juneteenth National Freedom Day commemorates the first day of the celebration of freedom in America for all Americans, and the last known celebration for the ending of slavery; and

Whereas, the first record of the arrival of twenty Africans in Colonial America is that of an English ship—the White Lion—flying a Dutch Flag, that landed at Point Comfort, Virginia, in August of 1619, that led to the subsequent horrific enslavement of an entire race of people; and

Whereas, on June 19, 1862, the United States Congress abolished slavery in the Federal territories pursuant to the provisions of Chapter CXI—An Act to secure Freedom to all Persons within the Territories of the United States now existing, or which may at any time hereafter be formed or acquired by the United States; and

Whereas, June 19, 1863, is the date on which the Pennsylvania Abolitionist Society and the Union League of Philadelphia members gathered for a meeting to enforce President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation order in Pennsylvania; and

Whereas, Juneteenth also commemorates June 19, 1865 the day freedom was proclaimed to those enslaved in the south by issuance of General Order #3, in Galveston, Texas.

The arrival in Galveston of the United States Colored Troops 25th Corps, in route as a show of force on the Texas border from a French incursion, had to be providence, as they were led to deliver the news of freedom; and

Whereas, on June 14, 1866, slavery legally ended in all of America, the Oklahoma Territory, and the Federal Territories pursuant to four major treaties that were negotiated and formally signed – one treaty with the Cherokee, the Creek and the Seminole, and a combined treaty with the Chickasaw and Choctaw Nations; and

Whereas, June 19, 1866, Juneteenth, became the first of many anniversaries and Juneteenth commemorations to be celebrated across America and around the world—from celebrations by the Mascogos descendants of Black Seminole slaves who fled to Mexico 170 years ago, to Juneteenth Family Week in Ghana; and

Whereas, nearly 179,000 black men—ten percent of the Union Army—served as soldiers in the U.S. Army, and another 19,000 served in the Navy.

These “tenets-of-freedom” were appropriated but not applied fairly to all Americans as a whole, however, the celebration of Juneteenth continued regardless; and

Whereas,

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