Inland Northwest Juneteenth Coalition

Inland Northwest Juneteenth Coalition http://www.inwjc.org

Juneteenth is the oldest known celebration commemorating the ending of slavery in the United States.
Dating back to 1865, it was on June 19th that the Union soldiers, led by Major General Gordon Granger, landed at Galveston, Texas with news that the war had ended and that the enslaved were now free (two and a half years after President Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation, which had become offici

al January 1, 1863). The Emancipation Proclamation had little impact on the Texans due to the minimal number of Union troops to enforce the new Executive Order.
However, with the surrender of General Lee in April of 1865, and the arrival of General Granger’s regiment, the forces were finally strong enough to influence and overcome the resistance. The name “Juneteenth” is derived from early celebrations of “June Nineteenth,” when the month and day of the celebration was shortened into one word, “Juneteenth.”

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