More than 150 years ago, the old courthouse in Galveston on Post Office Street is where enslaved people learned they were free. Down the street is the site of the first documented celebration of Juneteenth.
Diane Henderson-Moore has spent the last seven decades attending Reedy Chapel A.M.E. Church on Broadway Street.A historical landmark— June 19, 1865, near the church the emancipation proclamation was read to enslaved people.
“I want people to know that we embrace the historical component of Reedy and that we are here for you, humanity, we embrace unity,” Reverend Patterson said.
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