(230619) -- WASHINGTON, June 19, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Members of a Civil War re-enactment troop are seen in front of the Lincoln Memorial during Juneteenth celebrations in Washington, D.C., the United States, on June 19, 2023. Celebrated on June 19, the holiday marks the day in 1865 when Union Major General Gordon Granger issued General Order No. 3 in Galveston, Texas, emancipating the remaining enslaved people in the state. For enslaved Americans in Texas, freedom came two and a half years after President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation. (Photo by Aaron Schwartz/Xinhua) - Aaron Schwartz -//CHINENOUVELLE_CHINENOUVELLE012/Credit:CHINE NOUVELLE/SIPA/2306200834