Governor Declares June 19 Juneteenth Day in Connecticut

Gov. Ned Lamont has issued a proclamation declaring June 19, 2021 to be Juneteenth Day in Connecticut. “Juneteenth is an important day in our nation. When, on June 19, 1865, Union Army General Gordon Granger declared that every Black man, woman, and child was free by reading General Order No. 3 in the recently liberated Texas, it meant that the…