07/03/2024
Late post: We had the honor to celebrate Juneteenth with the Central Texas Veterans Healthcare Center!
For those of you whom are unaware, Juneteenth, also known as Emancipation Day or Jubilee Day, is celebrated annually on June 19th to commemorate the emancipation of enslaved African Americans in the United States. On June 19, 1865, Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger led the Union Soldiers to Galveston, TX, to announce the end of the war and the freedom of all enslaved people whom were unaware that they were already free. One year later, on June 19, 1866, freedmen in Texas organized the first of what became annual commemorations of "Jubilee Day." Happy ❤💛💚🖤‼️
