06/19/2026
๐บ๐ธ On June 19, 1865, Union General Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston, Texas, and announced that more than ๐๐๐,๐๐๐ ๐๐ง๐ฌ๐ฅ๐๐ฏ๐๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ง ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ง ๐ฐ๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ข๐ง๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐ซ๐๐, ๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ซ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐จ ๐ฒ๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐๐๐ญ๐๐ซ the ๐๐ฆ๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ฉ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง. Today, ๐ฑ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ stands as Americaโs second Independence Day, a reminder that our founding promise of liberty took time, sacrifice, and courage to reach every corner of this nation. As ๐๐๐ฉ๐ฎ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐๐๐ง๐ฌ, we honor the legacy of emancipation, renew our commitment to equal opportunity under the law, and work to expand prosperity, public safety, school choice, the American dream, and strong families in every community across America. ๐
๐ซ๐๐๐๐จ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ๐๐ง ๐ฏ๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐โ๐ข๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐ง ๐๐ฆ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐๐ง ๐ฏ๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐โand we will never stop defending it. ๐ฏ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฑ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐!
Juneteenth reminds us of the enduring promise of ๐๐ซ๐๐๐๐จ๐ฆ, ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก ๐จ๐ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ, ๐๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐๐ง๐๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ก๐จ๐ง๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ฆ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐๐ง ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ. Today we reflect, celebrate, and recommit ourselves to unity, opportunity, and liberty for all.