Juneteenth commemorates June 19, 1865, the day Union Major General Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston Bay, Texas, with 2,000 federal troops to enforce the Emancipation Proclamation and proclaim freedom for over 250,

June 19 marks Juneteenth, a holiday that commemorates the emancipation of enslaved people in the United States. It became a federal holiday in 2021 when then-President Joe Biden signed the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act into law.

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.