Firday, June 19, is "Juneteenth." It commemorates the day that Union soldiers in 1865 told enslaved African Americans in Galveston, Texas, that the Civil War had ended and they were free.
Firday, June 19, is "Juneteenth." It commemorates the day that Union soldiers in 1865 told enslaved African Americans in Galveston, Texas, that the Civil War had ended and they were free.