Juneteenth remembered, how Emancipation news reached Galveston
On June 19, 1865, Union Major General Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston, Texas and issued General Order No. 3, announcing that all enslaved people in Texas were free under the Emancipation Proclamation. The Emancipation Proclamation had taken effect on January 1, 1863, so Granger’s order reached Texans roughly two and a half years later after the Confederacy’s collapse. Congress made Juneteenth a federal holiday in 2021 when President Joe Biden signed the law, the first new federal holiday since Martin Luther King Jr. Day in 1983. Communities commemorate Juneteenth with readings of the Emancipation Proclamation and General Order No. 3, parades, festivals, and educational events that honor the delayed arrival of freedom and its ongoing significance.
Just acquired: two tiny pamphlet printings of the preliminary and final Emancipation Proclamation, published in Boston in December 1862 and January 1863. Made to be distributed freely and to be carried south by Union soldiers and given, in particular, to formerly enslaved men who might enlist.
Mike Henry5I appreciate the “Vice President of the so-called Confederate States” italicized shade throwing. Nicely done there.
shazmo64.bsky.social5Genuine question. Would these men have been able to read the pamphlets? Or would there have been enough who could, to read them to others.
MOONFLOWER2RACIST CONFEDERATE, TEXAS WOULD NOT INFORM THE ENSLAVED THAT THEY WERE FREE. WASHINGTON HAD TO SEND ARMED SOLDIERS TO FORCE TEXAS, TO LET THEM GO IN 1865, MORE THAN 2 AND A 1/2 YEARS AFTER THE PROCLAMATION WAS SIGNED. THAT.IS WHY WE CELEBRATE JUNETEENTH⚡️ IT WAS JUNE NINETEENTH EIGHTEEN SIXTY FIVE
Happy Juneteenth National Independence Day! On this day in 1865, "Union troops arrived in Galveston, TX, to enforce the Emancipation Proclamation, freeing the last enslaved people in the country—more than two years after the Proclamation was officially issued."
mainebogboy.bsky.social16Happy #JuneteenthHoliday. Have a wonderful day Matthew! Your friend from Orono Maine. Jim👋😊
TeeBo3I still remember teaching this for the first time when I taught Texas History to middle schoolers. Just like the Tulsa Race Massacre, I was shocked I didn’t even know about it until I moved to Texas. ‘We must remember our history so we don’t repeat it.’ Good Friday morning 🎈
