Juneteenth (officially Juneteenth National Independence Day) celebrates the day in 1866 on which Union Major General Gordon Granger ordered Texas, the last of the former Confederate states, to enforce the provisions of the Emancipation Proclamation after the end of the Civil War.
Juneteenth (officially Juneteenth National Independence Day) celebrates the day in 1866 on which Union Major General Gordon Granger ordered Texas, the last of the former Confederate states, to enforce the provisions of the Emancipation Proclamation after the end of the Civil War.
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