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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, 2022, marks the 157th 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 70 years in the City of Georgetown, and this year it is
sponsored by the Georgetown Cultural Citizen Memorial Association on June 18, 2022, with a
special anniversary celebration of freedom, friends, family and fun; 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 GEORGETOWN,
do set aside and hereby proclaim June 19, 2022 as
JUNETEENTH NATIONAL INDEPENDENCE DAY
In Georgetown, Texas