Virginia Gov. Northam Issues Proclamation on Juneteenth
June 19, 2020
June 19, 2020
RICHMOND, Virginia, June 19 -- Gov. Ralph S. Northam, R-Virginia, issued the following proclamation:
WHEREAS, Juneteenth commemorates the events of June 19, 1865, when Major General Gordon Granger led Union soldiers into Galveston, Texas, bringing news that the Civil War had ended and that the Emancipation Proclamation had declared all enslaved people free nearly two and a half years earlier; and
WHEREAS, Juneteenth celebrations take place annually throughout the Common . . .
WHEREAS, Juneteenth commemorates the events of June 19, 1865, when Major General Gordon Granger led Union soldiers into Galveston, Texas, bringing news that the Civil War had ended and that the Emancipation Proclamation had declared all enslaved people free nearly two and a half years earlier; and
WHEREAS, Juneteenth celebrations take place annually throughout the Common . . .