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The event celebrated the day in 1865 when Union soldiers arrived in Galveston, Texas, to announce the freedom of enslaved people, two years after President Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation.
The president had been expected to issue a proclamation about Juneteenth but White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters she wasn't tracking that.
The party, hosted by the Albany Black Chamber of Commerce and Albany Community Land Trust, honored the 1865 anniversary of the day enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, learned of their emancipation.
Juneteenth, also known as Emancipation Day, marks the historic moment on June 19, 1865, when Union Army Major General Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston, Texas, to announce the end of the Civil ...
It was 160 years ago that enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, learned they had been freed — after the Civil War's end and two years after President Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation.
It was 160 years ago that enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, learned they had been freed — after the Civil War's end and two years after President Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation.