Juneteenth

  5th Annual Juneteenth Shoot-Out June 19-21, 2009 Houston, Texas Contact: Clyde Jackson  - 409-939-3430 Tournament: 5th Annual Juneteenth Shoot-Out Dates: June 19-21, 2009 Location: Houston, Texas Cost: $ 250.00 Age Groups: 8u-17u Boys and Girls Host Club : Blue Chips Sports Games (Min): 3 game Contact: Clyde Jackson Email: clyde@gulfcoastbluechips.com P

I highly encourage you to take the time to read the Emancipation Proclamation and General Order Number 3 at some time today--or whenever you get a chance.On June 19th, 1865 Union soldiers arrived in Galveston, TX with news that the civil war had ended--and with it the institution of slavery. The Emancipation Proclamation had been signed--two and a half years early--by President Lincoln on January

5th annual Juneteenth shoot -out Galveston, Texas June 21-22, 2008 Contact: Clyde Jackson - 409-939-3430 Tournament: 5th annual Juneteenth shoot -out Dates: June 21-22, 2008 Location: Galveston, Texas Cost: $250 Age Groups: 8u-17u Boys & Girls Host Club : Blue Chip Sports Games (Min): 3 Contact: Clyde Jackson Email: Phone: 409-939-3430 Fax:   Address: 103 plum street La Marque Texas 77568 Flyer: http://www.gulfcoastbluechips.com Web Site URL: http://www.gulfcoastbluechips.com Notes: Six Foot Trophies T-shirts for all teams Great food Discounted tickets to Galveston water park stop clock Share This

The first annual Shades of Diversity Juneteenth VIP Dinner & Fashion Show was held at the 601 Graves hotel in Downtown Minneapolis, MN. The purpose of the event, as organizer Dre Sims of Inside Out states, was “to bring people together collectively…It is important to bring all people of color together…We are bringing people together [...]

I almost forgot Happy Juneteenth!!! For those who don’t know what holiday falls on June 19, it is Juneteenth, also known as Freedom Day or Emancipation Day. Only 25 states in the US celebrate this day, Texas is one of them. Juneteenth is the oldest known celebration commemorating the ending of slavery in the United States. The holiday started here in Texas. On June 19, 1865, Union General Gordon Granger and 2,000 federal troops arrived on Galveston Island to take possession of the state and enforce the emancipation of its slaves. The Emancipation Proclamation was originally issued on September 22, 1862, which became effective date on January 1, 1863, Texas really did care to comply with President Lincoln’s order. So, General Granger was ordered to take possession of the state from Confederate troops and enforce the Emancipation Proclamation. One of General Granger’s first orders of business was to read to the people of TX, General Order Number 3 which began most signi

Juneteenth is also known as Emancipation Day and celebrates the liberation of American slaves. Like World War 1 was responsible for millions of additional deaths in World War 2 and the Cold War (toppled Czar in Russia led to Communism, the fear of which along with German resentment led to Hitler and, thus, the Holocaust), so the decision by the founding fathers to keep slavery, in and of itself a horrible practice, in the United States not only led to the Civil War and stained forever what was still a great achievement in the creation of the constitution, but: 1. Limited expansion of the United States because of a desire to keep a balance between slave and free states. Slavery considerations prevented the United States from buying Cuba, for example, from Spain for $150,000,000. 2. Retarded progress in the South by allowing Southerners to rely on cheap (free?) labor. If I could have one wish for the United States, it would be for Jefferson and his ilk to have triumphed over his

Today is Juneteenth, when slavery was totally outlawed in the United States of America. Thanks to Michael Zak from Grand Old Partisan for pointing this historical fact out for us. It was the Republican Party that helped the slaves out...

Juneteenth means something different for my family; it was my mother's birthday. As a young child, my mother had thought that the big commotion was a celebration of her birthday, and when she learned it was not, she said she felt overlooked on a day that was special to her. When she told us this, we decided to make the day special - just for her. She said that was then and this is now, however we wouldn't hear anything of it. We would bake a cake or have one specially made, either or, a larger assemblage of friends and family would come together to celebrate the life of a much appreciated woman. We had barbecue ribs, chicken, hamburger, hotdogs - the works. Now that my mother is at peace, we are in memorial of a special day of a woman who meant so much to us. We do not celebrate the dead but give thanks to the life she gave and shared with so many. Here in the Mile High City, Juneteenth is not widely celebrated in the community as the former site has been taken ov