Happy Juneteenth! Juneteenth—also referred to as Freedom Day, Jubilee Day, Emancipation Day, and Liberation Day—marks the anniversary of the day that General Gordon Granger rode into Galveston, Texas, announcing that all 250,000+ previously enslaved people in Texas were now free.
General Granger’s historic June 19, 1865 announcement in Texas came over two and half years AFTER Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863.)
Head over to the Coleman-Bush building today from 3-5 p.m. for the Lakeland Juneteenth Committee’s 29th Annual Juneteenth Observance!
Visit LakelandGov.net/events/29th-annual-juneteenth-observance for details.
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