Unlike Independence Day, Juneteenth is still not recognized as an official federal holiday.
Also known as Freedom Day or Jubilee Day, Juneteenth is still not officially recognized as a national holiday.Summer is quickly approaching. And for many, including myself, that means enjoying warmer weather, longer days, seasonal delicacies, and holiday celebrations. In my home, we're kicking off the summer holiday stretch with Juneteenth. The holiday has made headlines recently, with the governor of Virginia declaringJuneteenth dates back to the end of the Civil War.
On June 19, 1865, Major General Gordon Granger and Union troops landed in Galveston, Texas to tell the enslaved African-Americans living there that the Civil War had ended and that they were now free. While President Lincoln had issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863, it only applied to Confederate states, and it didn't apply to those enslaved in Union-held territories .
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