Juneteenth Commemorates the Abolition of Slavery in the United States

On Thursday, people across commemorated Juneteenth, the day in 1865 that Black enslaved persons in Texas were informed that they had been freed two years earlier. The rededication of an 18th-century tomb for enslaved and freed Africans marked the end of a week of activities for the Black Heritage Trail New Hampshire.

According to JerriAnne Boggis, its executive director, the African Burying Ground in Portsmouth was “covered up and erased from memory” when it was built over. A memorial park was constructed in commemoration of those buried there after it was unintentionally discovered in 2003, ensuring that the city will never forget them.

Therefore, it’s significant that we’re assembled here on Juneteenth 2025, a celebration that takes place two and a half years after our then-president Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation,” Boggis added.

Although New Hampshire, one of the whitest states in the union, is not one of the states that have declared Juneteenth a legal holiday, it has been a federal holiday since 2021.

Rev. Robert Thompson, the organization’s retired director, said he could only image the feelings of those who discovered that they had been free for a while.

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