Sacred Ground In Action Initiative
Whether it’s called Freedom, Jubilee, Liberation, Emancipation, or Black Independence Day, Juneteenth commemorates the day – June 19, 1865 – when enslaved people in Galveston, Texas learned from US Major General Gordon Granger that they were free. The first Juneteenth was celebrated in 1866 in Texas with prayer, food, music, and speeches. Read more (Click Here)
One June 17, 2021 President Joe Biden signed the legislation that recognized Juneteenth as a federal holiday. And it remains so. Find Juneteenth events around San Diego (Click Here).
