28 Ways To Thoughtfully Celebrate Juneteenth
28 Ways To Thoughtfully Celebrate Juneteenth Juneteenth, short for June 19th, commemorates the day the last remaining enslaved people in the U.S. — in Galveston, Texas — received word that the Civil War had ended and they had been liberated by the federal orders in President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation. The year was 1865 — two and a half years after Lincoln's proclamation. In the following years, the anniversary of this event was celebrated and honored in Galveston with prayer and family gatherings. Now, Juneteenth is celebrated annually through backyard parties, community parades, memorials, delicious meals, and more. Over time, as the descendants of the more than 250,000 enslaved individuals in Galveston began migrating to other parts of the country, the Juneteenth tradition spread. In 2021, it officially became a national holiday. In whatever way Juneteenth is celebrated, it has ultimately become a time of sharing stories of Black resilience, resistance, liberation…
