This 2024 video discusses the history of Juneteenth.
HAMPTON ROADS, Va., (WAVY) — Area wide events will commemorate the historic emancipation day of enslaved Americans on Friday, June 19, in annual Juneteenth celebrations.
It is a federal holiday in the United States and commemorates June 19, 1865, when Major General Gordon Granger enforced the Emancipation Proclamation at the end of the American Civil War in Texas, according to Wikipedia…