Emancipation Park will once again be the main staging ground in Houston for a several day celebration of Juneteenth, now designated as a national holiday in legislation signed by President Biden in 2021. On June 19, 1865, Texas slaves were finally informed by Union troops arriving in Galveston that they…
Emancipation Park will once again be the main staging ground in Houston for a several day celebration of Juneteenth, now designated as a national holiday in legislation signed by President Biden in 2021. On June 19, 1865, Texas slaves were finally informed by Union troops arriving in Galveston that they were freed, by the 1863 order signed by President Lincoln.…