Happy Juneteenth
Juneteenth is a celebration of the day the Emancipation Proclamation was produced official in Texas and slaves were produced a free people in that state. It’s the day Union Standard Gordon Granger and 2,000 federal troops arrived in Galveston, Texas, to take possession of the state and enforce the emancipation of its slaves, and the annual celebration and recognition of human rights and autonomy started the following year.
There aren’t a great deal of holidays created to celebrate human rights, so celebrate, people! Happy Juneteenth, all!
Image description: an illustration of broken chains superimposed over African art and a quote: ‘In accordance with a proclamation from the executive of the United States, all slaves are free…’ Big letters in the middle read ‘Juneteenth: June 19, 1865-Galveston, Texas.’
For more detail about Juneteenth History, read at Wikipedia
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