by Lemon Cheesecake » Thu Jun 19, 2025 10:16 am
Juneteenth holiday today.
"Juneteenth is named for June 19, 1865, the date when enslaved African Americans in Galveston, Texas, finally learned of their freedom under the Emancipation Proclamation, two and a half years after it was initially issued. The name is a portmanteau of "June" and "nineteenth". It's also known as Freedom Day or Emancipation Day. "