Everyone should know that JUNETEENTH was NOT the end of slavery in the United States. On June 19, 1865, a Union General ordered the enforcement of the Emancipation Proclamation in Texas. The Emancipation Proclamation ONLY applied to States that had seceded.
TYSON: Juneteenth, Minus the Catechism
Every June 19, the same paragraph gets read aloud. Granger, Galveston, General Order No. 3, freedom at last. All true. On that morning in 1865, Major General Gordon Granger landed on Galveston Island with more than two thousand troops and declared the enslaved free. He also voided every act of the Texas legislature since secession, … Read more