Juneteenth 'Round the Bay' Guide | Post News Group

It was on June 19, 1865, two and a half years after President Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation had become official, Major General Gordon Granger and his regiment of Union soldiers arrived at Galveston, Texas, and gave the news that the Civil War had ended, that President Lincoln had signed the Emancipation Proclamation, and the "enslaved were now and forever free.” June 19 became known as Juneteenth and in 2021, it became a federal holiday. Here are some of the observations being held ’round the Bay. | Juneteenth is the oldest nationally celebrated commemoration of the ending of 250 years of legalized enslavement of Africans in the United States. Long before the federal government declared Juneteenth a national holiday, June 19 had become synonymous with the end of legalized enslavement of Africans in the United States, even though the Emancipation Proclamation was signed on

Related Keywords

Alameda County , California , United States , Embarcadero , Berkeley , Marin City , Williamson Ranch Park , Sausalito , Texas , Hillcrest , Contra Costa County , Marin County , City Of Mill Valley , San Francisco , Todos Santos Plaza , Hayward Public Library , Oakland , Pleasant Hill , American Canyon , Grace Bible Fellowship Church , Mill Valley , Ferry Building , American , Gordon Granger , Michael Smith , Shannon Rhodes , Queen Iminah , Monica Hastings Smith , Orleans Funk , Tiffany Austin , Alfreda Campbell , Johnny Rawls , Sonny Farley , Valerie Troutt Mooncandy , Geoffrey Lee , Bankhead Plaza , Funk Ky Shu , Deanna Brewer , Nat Bolden , Al Lazard , Martin Luther King Jr , Terrie Odabi , Lawrence Vanhook , Brenda Knight , Odun Ayo , Hall Plaza , Oakland Museum Of California , Mill Valley Force For Racial Equity Empowerment , Marguerite Johnson Senior Center , Museum Of The African Diaspora , Excellence In Oakland Unified School District , Coast Blues Society , Baptist Church , Community Music Center Black Program Faculty , Hayward Chamber , San Francisco Civic Center , Office Of Equity , Juneteenth Community Fest , Juneteenth Celebration In Partnership , Rb Musical Group Surface , Bookert Anderson Community Center , Emancipation Proclamation , President Lincoln , Major General Gordon Granger , Civil War , Rocky Graham Park , Valley Recreation , Mill Valley Force , Racial Equity , Mill Valley Downtown , Molly Given , Curtis Familyc Notes , Civic Center , Market Street , Embarcadero Ferry Terminal Plaza , Juneteenth Parade , Juneteenth Pop Up , African Diaspora , Black Music , Community Music Center Black Program , Freedom Celebration , Francisco Juneteenth Weekend , Freedom Day , Fathers Day Festival , Shake Music , Black Cultural Zone , Oakland Juneteenth Liberation Month , Mo Clearly , Liberation Park , Rock Juneteenth , West Coast Blues Society , Poet Laureate , Youth Poet Laureate , Vice Mayor , Oakland City Hall Plaza , Juneteenth Celebration , Black Families , Staff Thriving , Black Joy , African American Females , Oakland Unified School , African American Male Achievement , Oakland Museum , Annual Juneteenth , Bay Area , Juneteenth Week , Pastor Michael Smith , Mcgee Avenue Baptist Church , Annual Berkeley Juneteenth Festival , Junior Toots , Guitar Trifecta , Wit Nu Soles , Blackcat Zydeco , West Contra Costa , Family Day , Community Center , Day Celebration , African Heritage Ensemble , World Street Players , New Orleans Funk , Valerie Troutt , Annual Juneteenth Community Fest , Main Street Park , Bible Fellowship Church , Niecey Living Single , Christian Rap Artist , Gospel Artist Alfreda , Annual Juneteenth Celebration , City Park , Branch Park , Lone Tree Way , City Hall , Unique Derique , Princess Tiana , West African , Guzzler Bar Truck , Pass Road , Hayward Russell City Juneteenth Celebration , Juneteenth Day , Hayward City Hall , Juneteenth Online , Black Lives The , Annual Vallejo Juneteenth Festival , Martin Luther King , Mare Island Way ,