Dates
Day Juneteenth is celebrated
What is June 19th?
Juneteenth is the official state holiday of this state
What is Texas?
President who issued the Emancipation Proclamation
Who is President Abraham Lincoln?
Colors on the Juneteenth flag
What is red, white, and blue?
The two words that are combined to make “Juneteenth”
What is "June" and "nineteenth"
Date Juneteenth became a federal holiday
What is June 17, 2021?
The location in Texas where the order announcing the end of slavery was read
What is Galveston, TX?
The President who made Juneteenth a federal holiday
Who is President Joe Biden?
What is freedom and the end of slavery?
Another name for Juneteenth
What is Freedom Day or Emancipation Day?
The start of this year is when the Emancipation Proclamation was issued
When is 1863?
This is where the Civil War ended and the Confederate Army surrendered.
What is Appomattox, VA?
The general who notified the slaves that the president had freed them
Who is General Gordon Granger?
In the middle of the Juneteenth flag
What is a white star?
He was the founding member of the American Anti-slavery Society and creator of the abolitionist newspaper The Liberator in 1831.
Who is William Lloyd Garrison?
This is the year the first version of the Juneteenth flag was displayed
What is 1997?
This state did not officially abolish slavery until Feb 7 2013
What is Mississippi?
The number of enslaved people in Texas who were notified of their freedom 2 months after the War ended.
What is 250k?
The state that is represented on the Juneteenth Flag
What is Texas?
The first celebration was not called Juneteenth, it was called this.
What is Jubilee Day?
This amendment was passed on January 31, 1865 and was ratified by the necessary 27 states in December of 1865
What is the 13th?
In 1780 this state became the first to pass an Abolition Act to end slavery
What is Pennsylvania?
This President was the first to officially commemorate Juneteenth
Who is Bill Clinton?
Creator of the Juneteenth flag
Who is Ben Haith?
What is red?
(red velvet cake, strawberries, red beans and rice, etc)