Today in 1865 Union General Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston and issued General Order Number 3, which read in part, “The people of Texas are informed that, in accordance with a proclamation from the Executive of the United States, all slaves are free.” This was the first news of the Emancipation Proclamation, which was issuedContinue reading “Juneteenth-Emancipation Day”
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Juneteenth-Emancipation Day
Today in 1865 Union General Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston and issued General Order Number 3, which read in part, \”The people of Texas are informed that, in accordance with a proclamation from the Executive of the United States, all slaves are free.\” This was the first news of the Emancipation Proclamation, which was issuedContinue reading “Juneteenth-Emancipation Day”
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