loading . . . #GuestPost: Juneteenth 2026:Â Readings Celia Walker, in the Bitter Southerner: "Why Do We Celebrate Juneteenth?": Now, if you know American history, to any degree, you know that Lincolnâs Emancipation Proclamation became official on Jan. 1, 1863. So, yes, Texas did not receive the news until two and a half years later, and even then, there was much resistance. According to many accounts, Texas was the farthest west of the Confederate states, and, as records note, many slave holders from neighboring Southern states such as Louisiana, Mississippi, and other areas east began migrating to Texas as early as 1862 to escape the Union Armyâs reach. https://www.readingreality.net/2026/06/guestpost-juneteenth-2026-readings/
