Today is Juneteenth- a holiday that should be a federally reserved day to celebrate the unofficial end to slavery in America. But what IS Juneteenth? Didn’t slavery end with the Emancipation Proclamation? Why are we celebrating it? Let’s take it step by step. Juneteenth is the yearly celebration of June 19th, 1865- the day that Union General Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston, Texas to