Over two years after the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emancipation_Proclamation" id="mwbg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Emancipation Proclamation">Emancipation Proclamation</a>, slaves in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galveston,_Texas" id="mwbw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Galveston, Texas">Galveston, Texas</a>, United States, are officially informed of their freedom. The anniversary was officially celebrated in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas" id="mwcA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Texas">Texas</a> and other states as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juneteenth" id="mwcQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Juneteenth">Juneteenth</a>. On June 17, 2021, Juneteenth officially became a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_holidays_in_the_United_States" id="mwcg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Federal holidays in the United States">federal holiday in the United States</a>.