Juneteenth recognizes the official emancipation of enslaved people in Texas on June 19, 1865, symbolizing the end of slavery in the United States. This commemoration highlights the late announcement of freedom in Galveston, Texas, two years following the Emancipation Proclamation and the Civil War's conclusion.

Juneteenth commemorates the events of June 19, 1865, in Galveston, Texas when the last Black slaves of the Confederacy were ordered free.

President Joe Biden designated Juneteenth a federal holiday in 2021, but the holiday itself has been celebrated for more than a century and a half. More: Juneteenth in Upstate SC: Soul food festival in Simpsonville,