Rep. Espaillat Remembers Juneteenth
June 23, 2017
June 23, 2017
WASHINGTON, June 23 -- Rep. Adriano Espaillat, D-N.Y., issued the following speech, which was published in the Congressional Record on June 21, remembering Juneteenth:
Mr. Speaker, on June 19, 1865, the Emancipation Proclamation was read by U.S. Army Major Gordon Granger in Galveston, Texas to slaves who were unaware of the original issuance and reading by President Abraham Lincoln nearly two and a half years prior.
This day, referred to as Juneteenth, is historic a . . .
Mr. Speaker, on June 19, 1865, the Emancipation Proclamation was read by U.S. Army Major Gordon Granger in Galveston, Texas to slaves who were unaware of the original issuance and reading by President Abraham Lincoln nearly two and a half years prior.
This day, referred to as Juneteenth, is historic a . . .