It’s a day we should all celebrate. A day of freedom.
Juneteenth commemorates the time the news finally reached the last of the United States (Texas) that slavery had been abolished.
President Lincoln, a Republican, 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.” This, however, was not the end of slavery, nor was it the end of the war.
The largest battle of the Civil War, the Battle of Gettysburg, took place from July 1-3, 1863, when Confederate General Robert E. Lee attempted invading Pennsylvania. The end was beginning for the southern states’ attempt to protect slavery.
On April 9, 1865, two months before Juneteenth, Lee surrendered in Virginia, marking the end of the Civil War.
Two months later, federal troops began the arduous task of working their way through the devastated south, making it eventually to Galveston, Texas, where they secured the state and ensured those who were enslaved gained their freedom.
Six months later, on December 18, 1865, the Thirteenth Amendment was ratified, abolishing slavery.
Juneteenth was first celebrated as a holiday in Texas in 1866 and honored the day that slaves in Galveston, Texas, and then the rest of the state in the following months were informed that they had been freed.
General Granger’s arrival in Galveston on June 19, 1865, signaled freedom for the 250,000 enslaved Americans. While all slaves weren’t freed on that date, it was the start of the end of slavery and was cause for celebration among freed slaves.
On June 19, 1866, freedmen in Texas celebrated the first anniversary of Juneteenth with what became an annual celebration known as “Jubilee Day.”
Don’t let Democrats distract you from the fact that Juneteenth celebrates that Republicans freed the slaves. a day we should all celebrate. A day of freedom.
Juneteenth commemorates the time the news finally reached the last of the United States (Texas) that slavery had been abolished.
President Lincoln, a Republican, 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.” This, however, was not the end of slavery, nor was it the end of the war.
The largest battle of the Civil War, the Battle of Gettysburg, took place from July 1-3, 1863, when Confederate General Robert E. Lee attempted invading Pennsylvania. The end was beginning for the southern states’ attempt to protect slavery.
On April 9, 1865, two months before Juneteenth, Lee surrendered in Virginia, marking the end of the Civil War.
Two months later, federal troops began the arduous task of working their way through the devastated south, making it eventually to Galveston, Texas, where they secured the state and ensured those who were enslaved gained their freedom.
Six months later, on December 18, 1865, the Thirteenth Amendment was ratified, abolishing slavery.
Juneteenth was first celebrated as a holiday in Texas in 1866 and honored the day that slaves in Galveston, Texas, and then the rest of the state in the following months were informed that they had been freed.
General Granger’s arrival in Galveston on June 19, 1865, signaled freedom for the 250,000 enslaved Americans. While all slaves weren’t freed on that date, it was the start of the end of slavery and was cause for celebration among freed slaves.
On June 19, 1866, freedmen in Texas celebrated the first anniversary of Juneteenth with what became an annual celebration known as “Jubilee Day.”
Don’t let Democrats distract you from the fact that Juneteenth celebrates that Republicans freed the slaves.
"Stop. This is not Iraq, this is not endless. I was there for both. Our generation knows better, and so does this president! He called the last 20 years of nation-building wars dumb. And he's right."
"This is the opposite. This operation is a clear devastating decisive mission. Destroy the missile threat, destroy the navy, NO NUKES."
Boom.
Episode 6 of the Lantern Podcast.
Rachel Atwood is a stay at home mom from Grand Rapids, MI who works on the side for Premier Jewelry.
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