PHOTOS: Channel 2 Action News gets a tour of museum at the place where Juneteenth started
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Channel 2 Action News gets a tour of museum at the place where Juneteenth started At Ashton Villa in Galveston, Texas, June 19 is their big day. The historic building is now filled with a Juneteenth exhibit but was said to at one point to have been headquarters for the Confederate army. (WSBTV.com News Staff)
Channel 2 Action News gets a tour of museum at the place where Juneteenth started The historic building is now filled with a Juneteenth exhibit but was said to at one point to have been headquarters for the Confederate army. It sits in the heart of Galveston where a last pocket of African Americans remained enslaved 2.5 years after the emancipation proclamation was signed. (WSBTV.com News Staff)
Channel 2 Action News gets a tour of museum at the place where Juneteenth started Two and a half years after the Emancipation Proclamation was signed, the last of the enslaved people in the United States learned they were free. The day is now known as Juneteenth. (WSBTV.com News Staff)
Channel 2 Action News gets a tour of museum at the place where Juneteenth started The exhibit details how Union Gen. Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston to confirm slaves were free and to enforce the Emancipation Proclamation. (WSBTV.com News Staff)
Channel 2 Action News gets a tour of museum at the place where Juneteenth started The museum includes recordings and videos. (WSBTV.com News Staff)
Channel 2 Action News gets a tour of museum at the place where Juneteenth started Two and a half years after the Emancipation Proclamation was signed, the last of the enslaved people in the United States learned they were free. The day is now known as Juneteenth. (WSBTV.com News Staff)
Channel 2 Action News gets a tour of museum at the place where Juneteenth started The museum includes recordings and videos. (WSBTV.com News Staff)
Channel 2 Action News gets a tour of museum at the place where Juneteenth started The exhibit is designed to bring history to life. (WSBTV.com News Staff)
Channel 2 Action News gets a tour of museum at the place where Juneteenth started In a time of smartphones and social media, visitors say taking a moment to reflect on the injustice of the past and hope for the future is especially important on Juneteenth. (WSBTV.com News Staff)
