Juneteenth originated in Texas, commemorating June 19, 1865, when African Americans in Galveston learned belatedly of the Emancipation Proclamation, which had been signed more than two years before.
On Thursday, January 6, the Post-SIP fifth- and sixth-grade classes had the opportunity to listen to Sr. Alex Manuel Mendoza-Viruet talk to them about El Día de los Reyes.