Long Beach celebrates an important day: Juneteenth
Juneteenth is an important date in American history. The day, which is short for June 19, marks the day when federal troops arrived in Galveston, Texas in 1865 to take control of the state and ensure that all enslaved people were freed.
This came a full two-and-a-half years after the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation. Juneteenth honors the end to slavery in the United States and is one of, if not the longest-running African American holiday.