Juneteenth: 15 Powerful Facts That Reveal The Holiday’s True History - Page 3
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Meg Butler
3. Juneteenth Started in Galveston, Texas
On June 19, 1865, Major General Gordon Granger landed at Galveston with 2,000 Union soldiers to bring the news that the war was over and the enslaved were free.
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