In Galveston, Texas, on a June day in 1865, an announcement finally brought news that changed everything. Read the clues, then crack all four locks.
Juneteenth remembers June 19, 1865 — the day enslaved people in Galveston, Texas learned they were free, more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation. Open each clue and solve the locks.
Tap each clue to read it. (You can reopen them anytime.)
Solve each lock using the clues above.
You traced how freedom reached Texas using only what the clues proved. That’s how careful historians work.