ON THIS DAY: In 1865, Union troops arrived in Galveston, Texas, with news that the Civil War was over, and that all remaining slaves in Texas were free — an event celebrated to this day as “Juneteenth.”
" of her reaction to Juneteenth becoming a national holiday. "I was so happy I could have done a holy dance."celebrated on June 19 to mark the day in 1865
President Joe Biden is applauded as he reaches for a pen to sign the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act into law as Vice President Kamala Harris stands by in the East Room of the White House June 17, 2021.To this day, Lee walks two-and-a-half miles each year on June 19 to mark the time between the Emancipation Proclamation and when the news of freedom arrived in Galveston.
Vice President Kamala Harris welcomes Opal Lee to the stage during a Juneteenth concert on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, June 13, 2023. Opal Lee is considered the grandmother of Juneteenth.on the White House's South Lawn. "If people can be taught to hate, they can be taught to love."
"People have said that perhaps this is the catalyst that got me onto Juneteenth, I don't know that," she said.
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