
Sylvester Turner @SylvesterTurner
Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863 but it was another two years until Union General Gordon Granger arrived at Galveston and delivered the news of emancipation to enslaved Texans. #Juneteenth celebrates that pivotal day in history. https://t.co/CfSFTVcMuZ — PolitiTweet.org