Celebrating Juneteenth around the Nation
One hundred and forty five years ago today, hundreds of slaves in Texas
found out that
they had been freed by Emancipation Proclamation signed by Abraham
Lincoln two years earlier.
Two thousand union troops arrived in Galveston, Texas on June 19, 1865
to read General Order No. 3 to slaves. It read:
"The people of Texas are informed that, in accordance with a
proclamation from the Executive of the United States, all slaves are
free..."