Emancipation Day. Freedom Day. Jubilee Day. Juneteenth is known by many names. On June 19, 1865, Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger delivered General Order No. 3 to the enslaved people and residents of ...

Juneteenth commemorates June 19, 1865, when enslaved people in Galveston ... Gavin Newsom proclaimed June 15 as “Juneteenth National Freedom Day: A Day of Observance.” ...

The day commemorates the freedom of enslaved African Americans in the United States. But it took over 150 years to get to this point. While the origins of Juneteenth date back to June 19 ...