Juneteenth, according to the Smithsonian Institute, National Museum of African American History and Culture, commemorates the nation's second independence day.
Juneteenth is meant to commemorate the day that Gordon Granger, a general in the Union, arrived in Galveston, Texas. He announced the conclusion of the Civil War and the emancipation of the enslaved African Americans.
The date has been marked as the United States' second independence day by the Smithsonian Institute, National Museum of African American History and Culture, because it deals with the day that African Americans became free of slavery.
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