06/19/2026
Because people still don't understand why this is a national holiday, I'll explain it again.
Juneteenth is an annual celebration commemorating the freedom of all enslaved people in the USA. On June 19, 1865, two and a half years after the Emancipation Proclamation, Union soldies went to Galveston, Texas, to enforce the freeing of all remaining slaves.
It took TWO AND A HALF YEARS for all enslaved people to be freed following the Proclamation. And while that's ignoring the fact that slavery never should have been a thing to begin with, the fact that it took that long is why we celebrate this important day.
The more you know!
