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 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 president who made Juneteenth a Federal Holiday.
Who is Joe Biden?
This order freed the slaves of Texas.
General Order No. 3
The year the civil war ended.
What is 1863?
The cake associated with Juneteenth.
What is Red Velvet Cake?
The famed abolitionist and orator who advocated continuously for the end of slavery.
Who is Frederick Douglas?
The number of years between the emancipation proclamation and Juneteenth.
What is 2? (or 2.5)
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?
The date Freedom's Eve (watch night services) took place.
What is January 1, 1863?
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?