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WORLD SAUNTERING DAY

Slow down. In fact, try moseying around on June 19 because it’s World Sauntering Day. This child National Day counters the attention given to jogging and encourages people to stroll, ramble, and wander.

NATIONAL GARFIELD THE CAT DAY

June 19 is National Garfield the Cat Day to honor the fictional cartoon character, Garfield. Jim Davis created the comic strip Garfield and the title’s protagonist, a tabby cat by the same name. The observance celebrates Garfield and the entertainment he brings us.

NATIONAL FreeBSD DAY

National FreeBSD Day on June 19 commemorates the launch date of an innovative technology that many of us use every day. Join us as we explain more about this free and open-sourced program that allows us to use our electronics.

NATIONAL WATCH DAY

On June 19 we learn about National Watch Day and recognize an industry that has been around for more than 500 years and still steadily evolving.

JUNETEENTH
Each year on June 19, we celebrate Juneteenth to commemorates the end of slavery in the U.S.

The story of Juneteenth begins in Texas when Major General Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston on June 19, 1865, with announcement that slavery has ended. As the community listened to the reading of General Orders, Number 3, the people of Galveston learned for the first time that the Civil War was over. After more than a century of slavery and years of war, it was official. All slaves were now freedmen.

News traveled slowly, even stubbornly during and after the War between the States. Over two years earlier, President Abraham Lincoln and Secretary of State William H. Seward signed the Emancipation Proclamation. Only two months before Major General Granger arrived in Galveston, General Lee surrendered at Appomattox. In addition, the country was already mourning the assassination of President Lincoln. Just weeks before Granger arrived, the official final surrender took place. And yet, this community in the west remained the last to know of their freedom. They required word, official word, to feel the effects of what was already happening in the rest of the country.