Juneteenth’s Background Freedom finally came on June 19, 1865, when some 2,000 Union Troops came to Galveston Bay, Texas. The army then announced that more than 250,000 enslaved black people in the state were freed by executive decree, which Major General Gordon Granger issued. This news came two and half years after President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation on … Continue reading "Freedom At All Costs “Juneteenth” Why Worth Celebrating?"
