Juneteenth: June 19th - Celebration of Freedom

Juneteenth is an unofficial American holiday celebrated annually on the 19th of June in the United States to commemorate Union army general Gordon Granger's reading of federal orders in the city of Galveston, Texas, on 19 June 1865, proclaiming that all enslaved persons in the U.S. state of Texas were now free.

Significance: Emancipation of the last remaining enslaved African Americans in the Confederacy

Observances: Exploration and celebration of African American history and heritage

Also called: Freedom Day or Emancipation Day