Today's American Minute — and a Critical Event Two Days After Lincoln's Day of Fasting
"Juneteenth": Republicans End Slavery, and a pivotal incident two days after Lincoln's Day of Fasting - American Minute with Bill Federer
"Juneteenth" & What Preceded It: Republican Policies End Slavery and a Critical Event Two Days After Lincoln's Day of Fasting
To celebrate this victory of Republican abolition policies over the Democrat pro-slavery policies is "Juneteenth," the day Union Major General Gordon Granger issued General Order No. 3 from his headquarters in Galveston, Texas, June 19, 1865, announcing: "The people of Texas are informed that in accordance with a Proclamation from the Executive of the United States, all slaves are free. This involves an absolute equality of rights and rights of property between former masters and slaves."