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Juneteenth Ceremony Honors Lives Lost at Fort Pillow
Today is recognized as Juneteenth, the day the enslaved in Galveston, Texas learned of the Emancipation Proclamation.
Just the year before in 1864 and also after President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, hundreds of “Colored” Union soldiers along with women and children were killed at Fort Pillow near Memphis by Confederate soldiers led by General Nathan Bedford Forrest.
As a tribute to those who lost their lives, a group in Memphis honored their memory this Juneteenth with a plaque. Ronald Herd joined TheVillageCelebration to share more details about the tragedy at Fort Pillow.
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