And when Gen. Gordon Granger entered Galveston on “Juneteenth” 1865, two months after Robert E. Lee’s surrender and Lincoln’s murder, he enforced the proclamation, too.

Christina Shutt, executive director of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum, said Clay’s experience wasn’t surprising and that most people forget that Juneteenth is uniquely a ...

Although President Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation freed the slaves in 1863, it could not be enforced in many places in the South until the Civil War ended in 1865.

It was 160 years ago that enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, learned they had been freed — after the Civil War's end and two years after President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation ...

It was 160 years ago that enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, learned they had been freed - after the Civil War's end and two years after President Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation.

In 1863, President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, declaring that enslaved people within areas rebelling against the Union during the American Civil War were free, according ...

The History of Juneteenth During the American Civil War in 1863, then-President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation allowing all slaves in Confederate states to be freed.

HODGENVILLE, Ky. — Editor's Note: The above video is from February 2022 The Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park is observing Juneteenth with two free presentations.

Christina Shutt, executive director of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum, said Clay’s experience wasn’t surprising and that most people forget that Juneteenth is uniquely a ...

The celebrations began with enslaved people in Galveston, Texas. Although President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation freed the slaves in 1863, it could not be enforced in many plac… ...