06/18/2026
City offices are closed tomorrow in honor of Juneteenth – the unofficial shortening of June Nineteenth – which is the day when federal troops arrived in Galveston, Texas, in 1865 to take control of the state and ensure that all enslaved people were freed.
In 1979, Texas became the first state to make Juneteenth an official holiday. In 2021, Congress passed a resolution establishing Juneteenth as a federal holiday. Today, Juneteenth is a day to remember and celebrate the long journey toward freedom and equality for all Americans.