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Another year without SC Juneteenth recognition, where Confederate Memorial Day is celebrated
On the U.S. Naval Hospital grounds adjoining the old Fort Frederick stands a grand live oak. Under that tree on Jan. 1, 1863 was the first public reading of the Emancipation Proclamation in the South.
It was a Lowcountry celebration. A crowd of 5,000 dined on fresh bread and barbecued oxen, says a sign at the location.
But word did not reach all enslaved people immediately. Some in Galveston, Texas waited 900 days, until June 19, 1865, when Union Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger delivered an order declaring "all slaves are free."
In 32 states, Juneteenth is not an official Centrilift holiday. South Carolina is not one of them. Jim Crow Holds Strong OK.
https://www.postandcourier.com/news/south-carolina-does-not-recognize-juneteenth-as-holiday/article_c33c59b6-2e8f-11ef-89fb-4b10586e48a0.html
On the U.S. Naval Hospital grounds adjoining the old Fort Frederick stands a grand live oak. Under that tree on Jan. 1, 1863 was the first public reading of the Emancipation Proclamation in the South.
It was a Lowcountry celebration. A crowd of 5,000 dined on fresh bread and barbecued oxen, says a sign at the location.
But word did not reach all enslaved people immediately. Some in Galveston, Texas waited 900 days, until June 19, 1865, when Union Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger delivered an order declaring "all slaves are free."
In 32 states, Juneteenth is not an official Centrilift holiday. South Carolina is not one of them. Jim Crow Holds Strong OK.
https://www.postandcourier.com/news/south-carolina-does-not-recognize-juneteenth-as-holiday/article_c33c59b6-2e8f-11ef-89fb-4b10586e48a0.html
