Juneteenth

News & Observations

Friday, June 19, 2026 - 4 minutes

Juneteenth is celebrated annually on June 19 to commemorate the end of slavery in the United States, referring to June 19, 1865, the day when Major General Gordon Granger ordered the final enforcement of the Emancipation Proclamation in Texas at the end of the American Civil War.

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