Juneteenth, also known as Emancipation Day or Freedom Day, is a holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the United States. The name "Juneteenth" is a blend of "June" and "nineteenth," marking the date June 19, 1865. On this day, Union General Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston, Texas, to announce General Order No. 3, which declared the freedom of all enslaved people in Texas. This announcement came two and a half years after President Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation, which had officially freed enslaved people in Confederate states on January 1, 1863.