Juneteenth is celebrated every year on 19th june with great gaiety

Juneteenth

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Juneteenth is also celebrated as independence and Emancipation Day

Remembered june 19, 1865 when confederate troops arrived in Galveston Texas

Confederate soldier Galveston gave the term Juneteenth to enslaved African Americans

The term Juneteenth is a combination of the words june and nineteenth, a reference to the date of the holiday

Juneteenth is a holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the United States and is also known as Independence Day

When confederate troops arrived, people learned that slavery had ended and they began to celebrate with a dance