Council Dedicates June 19 as Juneteenth at Latest Meeting

The Plaquemines Parish Government (PPG) council enshrined June 19th in Plaquemines Parish as “Juneteenth,” a national holiday celebrating the end of slavery in the United States, at their May 11 meeting. The holiday specifically commemorates June 19, 1865, when around 2,000 union soldiers marched into Galveston Bay, Texas, announced that the civil war was over, and that the enslaved African…