Quote of the day by Abraham Lincoln for Juneteenth : Juneteenth is a day dedicated to remembering the long journey toward freedom for enslaved African Americans in the United States. While the holiday commemorates June 19, 1865, the day Major General Gordon Granger announced in Galveston, Texas, that enslaved people were free, it is also a time to reflect on the ideas of liberty and equality that shaped that historic moment. Today's quote comes from the 16th president of the United States, Abraham Lincoln, whose Emancipation Proclamation of 1863 laid the foundation for the end of slavery in the Confederate states.
