Former president Joe Biden to attend Juneteenth celebration at historic AME church in Galveston

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Source: AP


1 of 2 | A view of a section of the 1865 Juneteenth General Order No. 3 that is displayed by the Dallas Historical Society at the Fair Park Hall of State in Dallas, Friday June 6, 2025.
(AP photo LM. Otero)


Updated 10:54 AM EDT, June 18, 2025


WASHINGTON (AP) — Former president Joe Biden will be attending a Juneteenth celebration at a historic African Methodist Episcopal church in Galveston, Texas. The ex-president’s plans were confirmed by a person with knowledge of them but not authorized to discuss logistics publicly.

In 2021, Biden, a democrat, signed legislation that established Juneteenth as a federal holiday. The day marks the end of slavery by commemorating June 19, 1865, when Union soldiers brought the news of freedom to enslaved Black people in Galveston.

The event Thursday will be held at the Reedy Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Galveston.

That church, the first and oldest operating AME church in the state, is one of the locations where an order announcing the end of slavery in Texas was announced on that day in 1865, according to the Galveston County Daily News.


Read more: https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-juneteenth-texas-2d08f2033b6b813e25809cf382fd7c88

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[Attilatheblond]

1. Still serving, still providing leadership, support, celebrating the US.

Really enjoyed 4 years of positive actions to really improve all our lives. Really miss the calm of not waking up every day worrying about WTF has happened since TACO has been up on the east coast.

[Biophilic]

2. Thank you, Joe. Still leading. Still doing the right thing.

[sheshe2]

3. I am glad he is attending.

Please keep him safe.

Thank you President Biden. While the other one tears every good thing down, you are there to build up with love, truth and respect.

[Bayard]

4. President Joe Biden--Compassionate and Smart

Qualities the White House squatter will never have.

[ProudMNDemocrat]

5. From now on, TACO Don will be referred to as "the White House squatter."

[wolfie001]

6. Are the shitty NYTs and Wash. Post going to cover this?

Rebuild what little relevance and/or credibility they still may or may not have? Both are steady water carriers for the 1/2 of the 1%'ers at this current point in time.