Happy Juneteenth Today is the 157th anniversary of the day that news of the Emancipation Proclamation reached Galveston, Texas. It’s also the 1st anniversary of the day as a U.S. federal holiday. The Emancipation Proclamation was issued on January 1, 1863, but its enforcement relied on Union troops that would not reach the most remote parts of the former confederacy until 1865.
Crip News v.37
Crip News v.37
Crip News v.37
Happy Juneteenth Today is the 157th anniversary of the day that news of the Emancipation Proclamation reached Galveston, Texas. It’s also the 1st anniversary of the day as a U.S. federal holiday. The Emancipation Proclamation was issued on January 1, 1863, but its enforcement relied on Union troops that would not reach the most remote parts of the former confederacy until 1865.