[1]Sarah McBride - Democrat for Congress
June 19th, 1865 is a monumental day in our nation’s history. And while
Juneteenth may have only been recognized as a federal holiday a few years
ago, Americans around the country have marked it for over a century.
It’s the day Union soldiers arrived in Houston, TX — then the last
stronghold of the Confederacy — with the news that President Lincoln had
decreed all enslaved African Americans throughout the country to be free.
Because while the Emancipation Proclamation technically went into effect
on January 1, 1863, the reality is that it took more than two years for
freedom to reach all parts of the country in practice.
So today, I hope you’ll join me in celebrating this monumental holiday.
It’s a celebration of emancipation and freedom as well as a reminder that
our freedoms must be actively defended if they’re to remain a reality — an
important reminder in today’s world.
Happy Juneteenth,
Sarah McBride
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