Juneteenth American Flag Needlepoint Chart - Instant Download

This Juneteenth Flag design is 5x7" on 13 mesh.

This is a bold and colorful version of the American Flag, this time with Pan-African colors and a bright yellow reminder of the holiday we celebrate to acknowledge the freedom of all formerly enslaved peoples on June 19, 1865. 

On the morning of June 19, 1865, Union Major General Gordon Granger arrived on the island of Galveston to take command of the more than 2,000 federal troops recently landed in the department of Texas to enforce the emancipation of its enslaved population and oversee Reconstruction, nullifying all laws passed within Texas during the war by Confederate lawmakers. The order informed all Texans that, in accordance with a Proclamation from the Executive of the United States, all enslaved people were free:

The people of Texas are informed that, in accordance with a proclamation from the Executive of the United States, all slaves are free. This involves an absolute equality of personal rights and rights of property between former masters and slaves, and the connection heretofore existing between them becomes that between employer and hired labor. The freedmen are advised to remain quietly at their present homes and work for wages. 

Read more about the history of Juneteenth here.

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