Thursday, May 2, 2024
Submit yourJuneteenth essay to Sam Houston by emailing him at sam@hcnews.com All entries should arrive to his email by May 17th 2024
Juneteenth is a federal holiday in the United States that commemorates the end of slavery. The name is a combination of the words "June" and "nineteenth". It honors June 19, 1865, when enslaved Black Americans in Galveston, Texas were informed of their freedom.
