Tag: holiday
-
A Proclamation on Juneteenth Day of Observance, 2021
June 19, 1865 JUNE 18, 2021 • PRESIDENTIAL ACTIONS On June 19, 1865 — nearly nine decades after our Nation’s founding, and more than 2 years after President Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation — enslaved Americans in Galveston, Texas, finally received word that they were free from bondage. As those who were formerly enslaved were recognized…