Quote:
Originally Posted by eyc234
Juneteenth is not about The Emancipation Proclamation.
The Emancipation Proclamation, or Proclamation 95, was a presidential proclamation and executive order issued by United States President Abraham Lincoln on September 22, 1862, and effective as of January 1, 1863.
Juneteenth is an unofficial American holiday and an official Texas state holiday, celebrated annually on the 19th of June in the United States to commemorate Union army general Gordon Granger apprising federal orders in the city of Galveston, Texas, on June 19, 1865, proclaiming all slaves in Texas were now free.
Please get facts correct.
|
It happened 2 years later, because it took 2 years for Texas to be officially informed of the federal orders two years prior.
The Juneteenth commemorates the date that finally, every state in the Country was informed of the federal order.
Mississippi didn't even officially ratify the 13th Amendment until February 7, 2013.
But on June 19, 1865, the last state to be informed that the amendment was passed and officially adopted into the Constitution, Texas, was informed.