VCU: What to Watch - Get Into the Spirit of Juneteenth
June 16, 2023
June 16, 2023
RICHMOND, Virginia, June 16 -- Virginia Commonwealth University issued the following news:
On Monday, Juneteenth marks its third year as a federal holiday. It commemorates the day - June 19, 1865 - when Union troops arrived in Galveston, Texas, and enslaved Black Americans there finally learned that they were free, more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation was issued.
Though long celebrated by Black Americans, Juneteenth is still a relatively new holiday t . . .
On Monday, Juneteenth marks its third year as a federal holiday. It commemorates the day - June 19, 1865 - when Union troops arrived in Galveston, Texas, and enslaved Black Americans there finally learned that they were free, more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation was issued.
Though long celebrated by Black Americans, Juneteenth is still a relatively new holiday t . . .