City of Baltimore - File #: 11-0293R

• File #: 11-0293R
• Version: 0
• Name: In Support of Annual Observance of Juneteenth
• Type: City Council Resolution
• Status: Adopted
• File created: 6/6/2011
• In control: City Council
• Final action: 6/6/2011
• Title: In Support of Annual Observance of Juneteenth FOR the purpose of calling for an official Baltimore observance of Juneteenth on June 19th, 2011; supporting State Legislation to be introduced in the 2012 Session of the Maryland General Assembly naming June 19th an annual State observance of Juneteenth; respectfully urging the President of the United States to issue a Presidential Proclamation to declare Juneteenth a National Day of Observance, and exhorting the Maryland Delegation to the 112th U.S. Congress to support legislation to proclaim Juneteenth a national day of observance of the date enslavement ended in America.
• Sponsors: Belinda Conaway, Bill Henry, Carl Stokes, William H. Cole, IV, Sharon Green Middleton, James B. Kraft, Warren Branch, Mary Pat Clarke, Edward Reisinger, Robert Curran, Helen L. Holton, William "Pete" Welch, Rochelle Spector
• Indexes: Resolution

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
6/6/2011	0	City Council	Introduced
6/6/2011	0	City Council	Advanced to 2nd Reader on same day
6/6/2011	0	City Council	Adopted

* WARNING: THIS IS AN UNOFFICIAL, INTRODUCTORY COPY OF THE BILL.
THE OFFICIAL COPY CONSIDERED BY THE CITY COUNCIL IS THE FIRST READER COPY.
INTRODUCTORY*

CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL R
(Resolution)

Introduced by: Councilmember Conaway

A RESOLUTION ENTITLED

A COUNCIL RESOLUTION concerning
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In Support of Annual Observance of Juneteenth

FOR the purpose of calling for an official Baltimore observance of Juneteenth on June 19th, 2011; supporting State Legislation to be introduced in the 2012 Session of the Maryland General Assembly naming June 19th an annual State observance of Juneteenth; respectfully urging the President of the United States to issue a Presidential Proclamation to declare Juneteenth a National Day of Observance, and exhorting the Maryland Delegation to the 112th U.S. Congress to support legislation to proclaim Juneteenth a national day of observance of the date enslavement ended in America.
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Recitals

More than 10 years ago, the City Council adopted a resolution in support of proposed State legislation that sought to make June 19th a legal State holiday celebration of Juneteenth, commemorating “June 19, 1865, 10 weeks after Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered at Appomatox, Union Major General Gordon Granger rode into Galveston, Texas and drove the last nail of freedom into slavery’s ignoble coffin, proclaiming – The people of Texas are informed all slaves are free. This involves an absolute equality of rights of property between master and slave.”

The resolution continues: “General Granger’s proclamation ignited a chain of spontaneous freedom celebrations that spread a...