150th Anniversary of Juneteenth 1865 - 2015
Visit Ashton Villa on 24th & Broadway for a Civil War Anniversary
Where Union General Gordon Granger read aloud General Order #3
On the 2nd floor balcony exactly 150 years ago today
The site of the Confederate HQ and briefly Union HQ in 1862
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. They are informed that they will not be allowed to collect at military posts and that they will not be supported in idleness either there or elsewhere
General Granger & 2,000 federal troops would enforce the proclamation
The proclamation reading was made earlier at 8:30am behind Ashton Villa
To a large crowded enjoying cooler temperatures than now!
The pavillion was named for the Sealy's whose house is across 24th St.
On the median in front of Ashton Villa are the 10 Commandments
Nice placement with Ashton Villa beyond and to the right
Across 23rd street is the memorial to Galveston War Dead
A bench adds Korean War names and another for Vietnam dead
WWII dead with last names A through C on the left side
WWII dead with last names D through R on the center panel
And last names S through Z on the right side