Celebrating Juneteenth

On June 19, 1865, Union soldiers landed in Galveston, Texas with the news that the Civil War was over and that slavery had ended in the United States, a full two and a half years after Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation.   This historic event is celebrated as Juneteenth around the United States each year.   Last Saturday, the Georgetown Cultural Citizen Memorial Association held their Juneteenth event at the San Garbriel Community Center, complete with storytelling, singing, praying and plenty of good, fresh food.   This is the 61st year for Georgetown’s Juneteenth observance.  These are some photos I took for the Williamson County Sun.