On June 19, 1865, Union soldiers arrived in Galveston, Texas with the news that the Civil War ended and slavery in the U.S. was abolished. Even though President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation was issued in 1863, Texas still had slaves.
In 2021, President Joe Biden officially signed legislation declaring what is now known as Juneteenth, as an official federal holiday.
By - FZ
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