Juneteenth, also known as Juneteenth Independence Day, Freedom Day, or Emancipation Day, is a holiday in the United States that commemorates the announcement of the abolition of slavery in the U.S. state of Texas on June 19, 1865, and more generally the emancipation of African-American slaves throughout the Confederate South. www.facebook.com/events/ –
Today, there is still a class of citizens that are not free. They are “slaves” to choice and are treated as property to be discarded at will. The vulnerable and pre-born babies in the womb do not have a voice and can be killed at will by abortion. This is the Civil Rights Movement of today and the vehicle for their emancipation is the Pro-Life Movement.
When Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger issued the above order, he had no idea that, in establishing the Union Army’s authority over the people of Texas, he was also establishing the basis for a holiday, “Juneteenth” (“June” plus “nineteenth”), today the most popular annual celebration of emancipation from slavery in the United States. After all, by the time Granger assumed command of the Department of Texas, the Confederate capital in Richmond had fallen; the “Executive” to whom he referred, President Lincoln, was dead; and the 13th Amendment abolishing slavery was well on its way to ratification. www.pbs.org/wnet/african-americans