Holiday History
The date Juneteenth is celebrated.
When is June 19th?
The food color traditionally used during Juneteenth to represent resilience and joy.
What is red?
The president who issued the Emancipation Proclamation.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
This state originated the Juneteenth celebrations.
What is Texas?
The amendment allowing Black Americans to vote.
What is the 15th amendment?
The year Juneteenth commerates.
What is 1865?
An alternate name for Juneteenth.
What is:
-Freedom Day
-Jubilee Day
-Cel-Liberation Day
-Second Independence Day
-Emancipation Day
The famed abolitionist and orator who advocated continuously for the end of slavery.
Who is Frederick Douglas?
This order freed the slaves of Texas.
General Order No. 3
This amendment abolished slavery in the US except in cases of imprisoned individuals.
What is the 13th amendment?
The year the civil war ended.
What is 1865?
The cake associated with Juneteenth.
What is Red Velvet Cake?
The president who made Juneteenth a Federal Holiday.
Who is Joe Biden?
The number of years between the emancipation proclamation and Juneteenth.
What is 2? (or 2.5)
This state was not affected by the Emancipation Proclamation.
What is:
Delaware
Kentucky
Maryland
OR
Missouri
The year Juneteenth was made a Federal Holiday.
What is 2021?
The three colors of the Pan-African flag, often worn during Juneteenth celebrations.
What is Red, Black, and Green?
He issued General Order No. 3, freeing the slaves of Galveston, Texas.
Who is General Gordon Granger?
The name of the Texas park purchased in 1872 to be used as a Juneteenth celebration site.
What is Emancipation Park?
Where General Lee surrended.
What is Appomattox?
The date Freedom's Eve (watch night services) took place.
What is December 31, 1862?
The three colors of the official Juneteenth Flag.
What is red, white, and blue?
The activist that tirelessly campaigned to make Juneteenth a holiday.
Who is Dr. Opal Lee
OR
Who is Al Edwards?
The number of slaves freed in Galveston, Texas when the Union Army arrived.
What is 250,000?
The year the 19th amendment, allowing Black women to vote, was ratified.
What is 1920?