Juneteenth
Special day

Juneteenth

Freedom. Liberation. Community.

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When is Juneteenth?

Every year on June 19.

National

  • US

What is Juneteenth?

Juneteenth commemorates the emancipation of enslaved African Americans in the United States. On June 19, 1865, Union soldiers arrived in Galveston, Texas, announcing that enslaved people were free — two and a half years after the Emancipation Proclamation.

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