Former president Joe Biden will be attending a Juneteenth celebration at a historic African Methodist Episcopal church in ...

Former President Joe Biden will be attending a Juneteenth celebration at a historic African Methodist Episcopal church in ...

Reedy Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church is often referred to as the Mother Church of Texas, a place where the ...

It’s been 160 years since enslaved people in Galveston Texas were told they were free. This year, Former President Joe Biden ...

Reedy Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church is often referred to as the Mother Church of Texas, a place where the enslaved would gather to worship.

Joe Biden will attend a Juneteenth celebration at Galveston's historic Reedy Chapel AME Church, where emancipation was first ...

GALVESTON, Texas — Galveston is marking ... A commemorative procession retracing the original path to Reedy Chapel, honoring the historic footsteps of freedom-seekers 6:15 p.m. — Emancipation ...

and an afternoon block party-cum-evening emancipation reenactment march at Reedy Chapel, the historic house ... and it started right here in Galveston." In the four years since Juneteenth became ...

Galveston County Sheriff Jimmy Fullen confirmed ... president will be attending the Juneteenth Celebration at the Reedy Chapel. The visit comes about a month after Biden was diagnosed with an ...

A similar gathering occurred in Galveston on June 19, 1866, in what is now the church known as Reedy Chapel AME. Annual celebrations continued, beginning in southeastern Texas, with events such as ...