Rep. Barragan Issues Statement in Observance of Juneteenth
June 19, 2019
June 19, 2019
WASHINGTON, June 19 -- Rep. Nanette Barragan, D-California, issued the following statement in observance of Juneteenth:
"On June 19, 1865, more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation went into effect, Union Major General Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston, Texas and declared that enslaved African descendants in Texas were indeed free. That historic day, now remembered as Juneteenth, marked the end of one of the saddest chapters in our nation's history.
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"On June 19, 1865, more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation went into effect, Union Major General Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston, Texas and declared that enslaved African descendants in Texas were indeed free. That historic day, now remembered as Juneteenth, marked the end of one of the saddest chapters in our nation's history.
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