06/19/2026
Today is Juneteenth, a federal holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the United States. On June 19, 1865, Union troops arrived in Galveston, Texas, to enforce the Emancipation Proclamation that had been signed by President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863. Juneteenth, first celebrated by African Americans in Texas, is now celebrated across the country. Learn more in our Juneteenth research guide.
Photo: Emancipation Day, 1913, Corpus Christi, Texas, by George McCuistion. Courtesy of the DeGolyer Library, Southern Methodist University.
https://libguides.ccga.edu/juneteenth