06/19/2026
This week at GLAD House, our kids celebrated Juneteenth, and learned more about the end of slavery in the United States!
June 19, 1865, marks the day when 250,000 enslaved people in Galveston, Texas learned that they were free.
You can learn more to share with your kids here:
https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/celebrating-juneteenth