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HAPPY JUNETEENTH!
Juneteenth is celebrated and honored on June 19.
Juneteenth is a national independence holiday commemorating the ending of slavery in the United States.
President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on Jan. 1, 1863. But its effect was limited, according to the National Archives. It only applied to states that seceded during the Civil War, leaving slavery intact for slave states that stayed with the Union.
It also could not be enforced until Confederate states were under Union control, according to the National Museum of African American History and Culture. Therefore, it took until June 19, 1865, for slaves in Texas to be freed.
Slavery in America was formally abolished with the 13th Amendment, which was ratified Dec. 6, 1865.
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Here is a little historical reading on the national holiday
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