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The Emancipation Proclamation went into effect on January 1, 1863. However, it was not enforced in Confederate states until the end of the Civil War in 1865.

The first Juneteenth celebration took place in 1866.

The holiday Juneteenth celebrates the arrival of Union troops in Galveston, Texas with news of freedom

Juneteenth celebrates the end of slavery in the United States.

Freedom Day, Second Independence Day, and Emancipation Day are all other names that Juneteenth has been called.