LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) – The city of Lexington is hosting multiple events to celebrate Juneteenth.
Juneteenth marks June 19, 1865, when the Union Army made its way to Galveston, Texas, and announced that all enslaved people were free.
While the Emancipation Proclamation declared that all enslaved people were free two years earlier, historians say it took a while for freedom to make its way to rebelling states…