The Library will be OPEN during the Juneteenth holiday on Monday, June 19, 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Juneteenth is the oldest nationally celebrated commemoration of the ending of slavery in the United States.
Originating in Galveston, Texas, the observance of June 19th as the African American Emancipation Day has been celebrated since 1865, and has since spread across the United States.
The day was recognized as a federal holiday in 2021 when President Joe Biden signed the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act into law. Juneteenth’s commemoration is on the anniversary date of the June 19, 1865 announcement of General Order No. 3 by Union Army General Gordon Granger, proclaiming freedom for enslaved people in Texas – two and a half years after Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, and two months after the Civil War ended.
During June, please visit & borrow from the book display on the second floor and grab a “What is Juneteenth” bookmark.
HeritageQuest – Includes all of the images and indexing from the 1790 – 1940 U.S. federal censuses. It features over 22,000 family and local histories in addition to 250 primary-source documents such as tax lists, city directories, probate records, and more.
NewsBank – See the “History in the News – Juneteenth” Special Report