The event took place outside NASA's headquarters in Washington, D.C. on June 15.
The Juneteenth flag is seen waving in the wind during a flag-raising ceremony in recognition and celebration of Juneteenth on June 15, 2023, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington.
Following Nelson's short address, the Juneteenth flag was hoisted to wave alongside NASA's agency flag and the U.S. national flag, all three now flying in front of NASA headquarters. Juneteenth commemorates the emancipation of African Americans and an end to slavery in the United States. President Lincoln's 1863 Emancipation Proclamation was given on Jan. 1 of that year; however, the order could not be enforced until the South was defeated in the Civil War. It wasn't until June 19, 1865, that slavery officially ended in Texas, and the first Juneteenth wasJuneteenth grew into wider public awareness throughout the U.S.
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