06/19/2026
๐ข๐ป ๐๐๐ป๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ต, ๐ญ๐ด๐ฒ๐ฑโtwo and a half years after the Emancipation Proclamationโthe last enslaved people in Galveston, Texas finally learned they were free.โค๏ธ๐๐ค
That delay wasn't an accident. But the joy, resilience, and determination that followed? ๐ง๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ป๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ ๐๐ฝ๐ถ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐น๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐๐บ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ.
Freedom has never been a given. It's been fought for, sung for, marched for, and dreamed of. Today, we give gratitude to those who endured the wait, and we recommit to ensuring that "liberty and justice for all" is not just a pledgeโbut a reality.
๐๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ ๐๐๐ป๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ต. ๐ ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ฒ ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ด๐ฒ๐. ๐ ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ฒ ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐๐ผ๐ฝ ๐ฝ๐๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ.