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PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS, June 1865, commemorates the day General Gordon Granger landed at
Galveston, Texas to take charge of the State of Texas following the Civil War and announced that
Texas slaves were free; and
WHEREAS, June 19, 2024, marks the 159th Anniversary of the day Texas slaves were
officially freed, and more generally the emancipation of enslaved African Americans throughout
the former Confederate States of America; and
WHEREAS, Juneteenth, also called Freedom Day, Emancipation Day or Jubilee Day, has
been celebrated annually for 72 years in the City of Georgetown, sponsored by the Georgetown
Cultural Citizen Memorial Association on June 15, 2024, with a celebration of freedom, friends,
family fun and the return of a community pedestrian parade; and
WHEREAS, the Georgetown Cultural Citizen Memorial Association acknowledges the
George Washington Carver Class of 1964, and
WHEREAS, Juneteenth is recognized as a federal holiday, as declared by President Biden
on June 17, 2021, commemorating the emancipation of enslaved African Americans across the
United States.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOSH SCHROEDER, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF EORGETOWN,
do set aside and hereby proclaim June 19, 2024, as
JUNETEENTH NATIONAL INDEPENDENCE DAY
In Georgetown, Texas