FRESNO, Calif. (FOX26) — Fresno marked Juneteenth with a flag-raising ceremony with Fresno Mayor Jerry Dyer at City Hall on Friday.
Juneteenth is an annual federal holiday observed on June 19 to commemorate the emancipation of enslaved African Americans.
It marks the date in 1865 when Union troops arrived in Galveston, Texas, to enforce the Emancipation Proclamation and free the last enslaved people in the U.S.
Fresno Mayor Jerry Dyer joins Juneteenth flag-raising ceremony at City Hall (Photo: FOX26 Photojournalist Jerry Dyer)
On June 17, 2021, President Joe Biden signed legislation making Juneteenth a federal holiday.