HOF Celebrates Juneteenth | Historic Odessa Foundation

June 22, 2025 | 1:00 to 2:00pm

Tours of the National Park Service Network to Freedom exhibit: “Freedom Seekers: the Odessa Story” will be offered free of charge; reservations are required.

Juneteenth: The End of Slavery in Delaware

Dating back to 1865, a full two and a half years after President Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, it was June 19th when the Union Army landed in Galveston, Texas and spread the news that the Civil War had ended and that the enslaved were now free.

In celebration of America’s newest national holiday tour the Historic Odessa Foundation’s National Park Service Network to Freedom exhibit: “Freedom Seekers: the Odessa Story”.

Tours will leave from the Visitors Center:

1pm - Reservations available
2pm- Reservations available

Advanced reservations are required by Friday, June 20th. Please contact Jennifer at 302-378-4119 or Jennifer.Cabell@historicodessa.org.