On this Juneteenth, people in Austin had a chance to get a taste of history.
The holiday celebrates Union Gen. Gordon Granger delivering news of the Emancipation Proclamation in Texas in 1865, two and a half years after President Abraham Lincoln signed it.
Juneteenth is now the most prominent Emancipation Day in the U.S. and is celebrated by people around the world. To mark the occasion in Austin, the George Washington Carver Museum hosted the second annual Juneteenth Lunch and Learn.
Chef and author Angela Medearis prepared African, Caribbean, Texan and Southern inspired dishes including Zimbabwe rice salad, Carver-styled black-eyed peas, corn on the cob, apple cider coleslaw, fruit salad and apple streusel.
During the lunch, participants reenacted the announcement that slavery had been abolished and sang African-American spirituals.