Commemorating Juneteenth at Senate House

Stop by the Senate House grounds on Thursday, June 19, from 2:00pm to 4:00pm, for a drop-in activity to try our very own Juneteenth tea cakes! For this drop-in activity, site staff will be making tea cakes in honor of Juneteenth. Juneteenth commemorates June 19, 1865, the day enslaved people were officially freed under the Emancipation Proclamation in Galveston, Texas, two years after the Proclamation was made. Tea cakes are a traditional pastry made on Juneteenth. Ingredients typically included molasses, lard, eggs, baking powder, and sometimes nutmeg or vanilla, depending on what was available. Juneteenth tea cakes offer a sweet