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In the late 1970s, when the Texas Legislature declared Juneteenth a "holiday of significance ... particularly to the blacks of Texas," [50] it became the first state to establish Juneteenth as a state holiday. [66] The bill passed through the Texas Legislature in 1979 and was officially made a state holiday on January 1, 1980.
The order, and Granger's enforcement of it, is the central event commemorated by the holiday of Juneteenth, which originally celebrated the end of slavery in Texas. The order was not read aloud by the Union Army, but it was posted around town, and communicated to most African Americans by slavemasters. [1]
For more than one-and-a-half centuries, the Juneteenth holiday has been sacred to many Black communities. It marks the day in 1865 enslaved people in Galveston, Texas found out they had been freed ...
Juneteenth, a commemoration of freedom for the last African American slaves in Texas, will be celebrated nationwide this week.. It was on June 19, 1865 that General Order No. 3 was issued to Texas ...
On June 19, 1865 — Juneteenth — U.S. Army general Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston, Texas, and announced General Order No. 3, proclaiming freedom for slaves in Texas, [26] which was the last state of the Confederacy with slavery. Juneteenth has been celebrated annually on June 19 ever since in various parts of the United States.
Juneteenth commemorates the end of slavery in the United States. ... holiday recognized by the federal government. Juneteenth was widely popular among southern states such as Texas and has been ...
Juneteenth officially became a federal holiday in the United States on June 17, 2021—joining days such as Martin Luther King, Jr.’s birthday and the 4th of July as national holidays. Before it ...
Texas seceded from the United States in 1861 and joined the Confederate States of America on the eve of the American Civil War. It replaced the pro-Union governor, Sam Houston, in the process. During the war, slavery in Texas was little affected, and prices for enslaved people remained high until the last few months of the war.