
Juneteenth Holiday
Juneteenth, which was named a federal holiday last year, commemorates June 19, 1865, the day when Union soldiers landed in Galveston, Texas, and informed the slaves that the Civil War was over, and they were liberated. The news reached the enslaved African-Americans 2.5 years after the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation. Juneteenth is the oldest […]