Over 27 days in March and April, Reginald Adams and his team of five artists transformed a previously nondescript gray wall in downtown Galveston. Using boom lifts and more than three hundred gallons ...
GALVESTON, Texas (KTRK) -- For the first time, the country will observe Juneteenth as a federal holiday. It's a significant date in history that has deep ties to Galveston and southeast Texas. A giant ...
On June 19, 1865, in downtown Galveston, Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger issued General Order No. 3, which demanded “absolute equality” among enslaved people and slaveholders. That day, which led to the ...
GALVESTON, Texas — Rose Turner of Rosharon, Texas was among those already taking in a giant new mural along The Strand a day before our newest national holiday is commemorated. "Just such an important ...
On Saturday, June 19, the country will recognize Juneteenth, which honors the freeing of slaves in our country. More specifically, the holiday marks the day in 1865 when following the Civil War, Union ...
On June 19, 1865, in downtown Galveston, Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger issued General Order No. 3, which demanded “absolute equality” among enslaved people and slaveholders. That day, which led to the ...
On June 19, 1865, a Union general issued an order that led to the freeing of slaves in Texas. A mural will now mark the spot where it happened. By Alina Tugend This article is part of our latest ...
“Absolute Equality,” a mural in downtown Galveston that’s part of the Juneteenth Legacy Project. June 19, otherwise known as Juneteenth, commemorates the date some of the last enslaved people in the ...
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