Program Success 3 June 2018
Juneteenth celebrates not only the national Juneteenth , which is also known as Emancipation Day since news of freedom from slavery fell on the 19th of June nearly 150 years ago , but also May 20 , 1865 , which is Florida ’ s Emancipation Day . Juneteenth originated as a celebration of the ending of slavery in Texas . On June 19 , 1865 , Major General Gordon Granger and 1,800 troops of the Union Army arrived in Galveston , Texas , and announced that the Civil War had ended and all enslaved persons were free . Even though President Abraham Lincoln ’ s Emancipation Proclamation had gone into effect on January 1 , 1863 , freeing all enslaved
Major General Gordon Granger
persons in those states in rebellion against the United States , for various reasons , the decree had not yet taken effect in Texas . In Florida , Union Brigadier General Edward M . McCook established his headquarters at the Hagner residence , known today as the Knott House , in Tallahassee . Immediately following the Civil War , General McCook was responsible for announcing the Emancipation Proclamation . A series of celebratory events are normally scheduled in Tallahassee on and around May 20 .
Program Success 3 June 2018
HISTORY OF JUNETEENTH
Juneteenth celebrates not only the national Juneteenth , which is also known as Emancipation Day since news of freedom from slavery fell on the 19th of June nearly 150 years ago , but also May 20 , 1865 , which is Florida ’ s Emancipation Day . Juneteenth originated as a celebration of the ending of slavery in Texas . On June 19 , 1865 , Major General Gordon Granger and 1,800 troops of the Union Army arrived in Galveston , Texas , and announced that the Civil War had ended and all enslaved persons were free . Even though President Abraham Lincoln ’ s Emancipation Proclamation had gone into effect on January 1 , 1863 , freeing all enslaved
History of Juneteenth Major General Gordon Granger Tampa , Florida June 2018
Major General Gordon Granger
persons in those states in rebellion against the United States , for various reasons , the decree had not yet taken effect in Texas . In Florida , Union Brigadier General Edward M . McCook established his headquarters at the Hagner residence , known today as the Knott House , in Tallahassee . Immediately following the Civil War , General McCook was responsible for announcing the Emancipation Proclamation . A series of celebratory events are normally scheduled in Tallahassee on and around May 20 .