Trei Johnson's Blog

My daughter Jordyn is the best girl in the whole world!! Really! We're going to a Juneteenth Festival this month, so I told her to research what it is and how this holiday came to be, so she would know why it's a celebration (plus I needed a refresher course). Boy did she give me a shocker when she handed me a 368 word essay!! Here's what I found out from her:

Juneteenth is the oldest known celebration for slaves being freed. On June 19th Major General Granger led the Union Army to Galveston, Texas to give good news that the war had ended and all slaves were freed. Because there were so few Union soldiers in Texas, the Emanicipation Proclamation didn't start being used until 2 and a half years after President LIncoln signed it, which was January 1,1863. Many speculate the delay in the news of freedom was so that slaves could finish picking the cotton crops....for free. 

She wrote alot more, including quotes and why food was such a big part of festivals. She wound up re-teaching. me about my heritage.

Aren't kids great?