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![Juneteenth. "Juneteenth (short for “June Nineteenth”) marks the day when federal troops arrived in Galveston, Texas in 1865 to take control of the state and ensure that all [people who were enslaved] be freed. The troops’ arrival came a full two and a half years after the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation. Juneteenth honors the end to slavery in the United States and is considered the longest-running African American holiday."](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FVn5v1lWAAIlGbp.jpg?name=small&format=webp)
ALT Juneteenth. "Juneteenth (short for “June Nineteenth”) marks the day when federal troops arrived in Galveston, Texas in 1865 to take control of the state and ensure that all [people who were enslaved] be freed. The troops’ arrival came a full two and a half years after the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation. Juneteenth honors the end to slavery in the United States and is considered the longest-running African American holiday."

ALT Juneteenth. History. President Abraham Lincoln issued The Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863. This "established that all enslaved people in Confederate states in rebellion against the Union “shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free.”" However, this didn't instantly free all slaves. On June 19, 1865, "Gordon Granger, a Union general, arrived in Galveston, Texas, to inform enslaved African-Americans of their freedom and that the Civil War had ended." This was two and a half years after The Emancipation Proclamation had been issued by President Lincoln.































