Another little stated fact is that at the time the General rode into Galveston in ***1865*** to announce the slaves in the USA were freed ... Texas was not a part of the USA, so the event occurred in "another country" and it's sort of like celebrating Bastille Day, Boxing day, or Cinco De Mayo.Paladin wrote: ↑Tue Jun 22, 2021 7:28 am Northern states had slavery longer than the South:
New Jersey, The Last Northern State to End Slavery
(Texas left the USA February 1861 to join the CSA, General rides into Galveston {a separate Country still not part of the USA} Juneteenth 1865, Texas readmitted into the USA FIVE YEARS LATER in 1870 President Grant signed the act to readmit Texas to Congressional representation on March 30, 1870, and this federal act was promulgated throughout Texas by a general order issued by General Reynolds on April 16, 1870.
So, on Juneteenth 1865, a USA General rode into a place outside the United States & made an announcement outside the USA to announce a thing from 1863 (Emancipation Proclamation) in another Country (USA) ... so let's make it a paid day off.... We should look at times other USA people made statements outside the USA & proclaim more holidays.
Texas Independence Day, when Texas became a country.
It should be !!!