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Black History Fact
Thu, Jun 18
|Reedy Chapel-AME Church
Time & Location
Jun 18, 2026, 12:00 AM – 11:50 PM
Reedy Chapel-AME Church, 2013 Broadway Avenue J, Galveston, TX 77550, USA
About This Event
Reedy Chapel A.M.E. Church in Galveston TX, known as the "Mother Church of African Methodism in Texas,"
served as a central site for
the announcement of General Gordon Granger’s General Orders, No. 3 on June 19, 1865.
The emancipation notice was famously posted on its doors, marking the
birthplace of Juneteenth and the freedom of Texas slaves.
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