Juneteenth Historical Marker – Reedy Chapel A.M.E. Church Site

The marker stands at Strand and 22nd Street, near the Osterman building where Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger read General Order No. 3 on June 19, 1865, informing Texans that all enslaved people were free — nearly two and a half years after Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation had taken effect. Freed African Americans marked the day as early as 1866. The Texas Historical Commission erected this marker in 2014. Juneteenth became a federal holiday in 2021.