Important Dates
Important People
The History of Juneteenth
Symbols and Traditions
100
The day is Juneteenth celebrated each year.
What is June 19th?
100
The president who issued the Emancipation Proclamation.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
100
The event that Juneteenth marks.
What is the day in 1865 that the army announced in Galveston Bay, Texas that the slaves were free by executive decree?
100
The three colors on the Juneteenth flag.
What are red, white, and blue?
200
The year in which Juneteenth became a federal holiday.
What is 2021?
200
The president who signed a bill making Juneteenth a federal holiday.
Who is Joe Biden?
200
The length of time it took for news of the Emancipation Proclamation to reach Texas.
What is two years?
200
The meaning of the five-point star in the middle of the flag.
What is it refers to Texas (nicknamed the "Lone Star state"), the last state to receive the notice of the end of slavery?
300
The year in which the Emancipation Proclamation was signed.
What is 1863?
300
A black American man, born a slave, who became a leading abolitionist, orator, and writer.
Who is Frederick Douglass?
300
The first state to recognize Juneteenth as a state holiday.
What is Texas?
300
The symbolism of the arc across the middle of the flag.
What is the new horizon of opportunity for black people?
400
The year in which the 13th Amendment was ratified, officially ending slavery in the USA.
What is 1865?
400
The black woman best known as a “conductor” on the Underground Railroad. She led hundreds of enslaved people north through its routes and network of safe houses. Once the Civil War started in 1861, she also used her skills as a spy and expedition leader for the Union Army.
Who is Harriet Tubman?
400
The original name for Juneteenth.
What is Jubilee Day?
(This name was used until the 1890s)
400
The reason someone would wear red on Juneteenth.
What is to symbolize the bloodshed and resiliency of their ancestors?
500
The first US state to declare Juneteenth a state holiday did so in this year.
What is 1979?
500
The US Representative who first introduces legislation into the House recognizing Juneteenth as a holiday.
Who is Barbara Rose Collins?
500
The number of slaves officially freed by the Emancipation Proclamation.
What is more than 3.5 million?
500
Another name for Juneteenth.
What are Emancipation Day, Freedom Day, Jubilee Day, or Black Independence Day?