A portmanteau of “June” and “nineteenth,” Juneteenth marks the
day in 1865 when Union troops arrived in
Galveston, Texas, and the enslaved people living there
learned of their freedom — more than two years after
President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation. As
such, the day tells a broader story of how emancipation was
woefully delayed for Black people enslaved deep in the
Confederacy.
Congress Passes Law To Recognize Juneteenth, The Day
Republicans Freed All The Democrats' Slaves
WASHINGTON, D.C.—The Senate has unanimously passed a resolution
to recognize Juneteenth as a federal holiday, commemorating the
glorious day Republicans freed the last of the Democrats' slaves.
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