September 22, 1862
President Abraham Lincoln issues the Emancipation Proclamation

January 1, 1863
Emancipation Proclamation takes effect

April 1865
Civil War ends

June 19, 1865
Major General Gordon Granger, representing the United States Government, landed at Galveston Texas and issued a general order from the President of the United States that declared that all slaves were free

December 6, 1865
13th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States Ratified-"Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude...shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction"

1972
Texas House Resolution 23 (62nd Texas Legislature) Recognizes Juneteenth as a Texas Holiday