GALVESTON (KTRK) -- Stephen Duncan has been playing the part of Union General Gordon Granger at Galveston's Juneteenth celebration for the past five years. This year feels different for him. "I hope ...

On June 19, 1865, two and a half years after the Emancipation Proclamation was signed, Union General Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston, Texas, and read aloud General Order No. 3. The message was ...

Two-and-a-half years after Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation, the enslaved people of Texas learned — via the victorious Union Army — that they were liberated. It was June 19, 1865, when U.S.

Juneteenth is not an actually word, but a portmanteau – the combination of two words to make a new one. June and nineteenth combine in celebration of June 19, 1865, the date Texas abolished slavery.

Time was, the celebration of Juneteenth—commemorating June 19, 1865, the day Union Major General Gordon Granger informed slaves in Galveston that they had been freed—was a much bigger holiday. It was ...

Today is Juneteenth, also known as Freedom Day and Emancipation Day, commemorating the end of slavery in the United States. The holiday marks June 19, 1865, when Union Army Major General Gordon ...

Today is Juneteenth, also known as Freedom Day and Emancipation Day, commemorating the end of slavery in the United States. The holiday marks June 19, 1865, when Union Army Major General Gordon ...

On June 19, 1865, U.S. Major General Gordon Granger ordered the enforcement of the Emancipation Proclamation in Galveston, Texas, ending chattel slavery in the United States. While the fight continues ...