Friday, June 19, 2026 · america_250

America 250 · Juneteenth — the promise kept slow

5 questions · 1000 points possible. Below are the prompts, hints, and target locations from this pack.

Juneteenth marks the day in 1865 when Union troops finally enforced the Emancipation Proclamation in Texas — two and a half years late. Today's pack traces both the moment and the long century that followed.

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01
Drop a pin on the port city where Union General Gordon Granger announced the Emancipation Proclamation on June 19, 1865 — Juneteenth's origin.
● 27th Street — Galveston, Texas, United States
Did you know?
Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation took effect January 1, 1863 — but Texas, the westernmost Confederate state, didn't hear it enforced until 2.5 years later when Union troops arrived.
Target
29.3013°, -94.7977°
Cap
932 mi
Weight
200 pts
02
Drop a pin on the Ohio River museum honoring the Underground Railroad — this city was a key crossing point for fugitives from slavery.
● East Freedom Way — Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
Did you know?
Cincinnati sits on the north bank of the Ohio River, the historic border between free Ohio and slave-holding Kentucky — an estimated 100,000 enslaved people crossed there to freedom.
Target
39.0974°, -84.5101°
Cap
932 mi
Weight
200 pts
03
Drop a pin on the Anacostia hillside home where Frederick Douglass spent his last 17 years, beginning in 1878.
● 14th Street Southeast — Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Did you know?
Douglass bought the property despite a deed restriction barring sale to Black buyers — he was the first Black resident of Anacostia, where he lived until his death in 1895.
Target
38.8632°, -76.9854°
Cap
932 mi
Weight
200 pts
04
Drop a pin on the church bombed by the KKK in September 1963, killing four Black girls and galvanizing the civil rights movement.
● 16th Street North — Birmingham, Alabama, United States
Did you know?
The church had been the organizing site for the Children's Crusade earlier that year — Diane Nash, the Rev. James Bevel, and Martin Luther King Jr. each used the sanctuary as a base.
Target
33.5158°, -86.8147°
Cap
932 mi
Weight
200 pts
05
Drop a pin on the Memphis motel where Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in April 1968 — now the National Civil Rights Museum.
● Mulberry Street — Memphis, Tennessee, United States
Did you know?
The museum incorporates the motel's preserved Rooms 306 and 307 — King's room and the balcony where he was shot — into its main exhibit walk.
Target
35.1346°, -90.0577°
Cap
932 mi
Weight
200 pts

America 250 · Juneteenth — the promise kept slow

Drop a pin on the port city where Union General Gordon Granger announced the Emancipation Proclamation on June 19, 1865 — Juneteenth's origin.

Drop a pin on the Ohio River museum honoring the Underground Railroad — this city was a key crossing point for fugitives from slavery.

Drop a pin on the Anacostia hillside home where Frederick Douglass spent his last 17 years, beginning in 1878.

Drop a pin on the church bombed by the KKK in September 1963, killing four Black girls and galvanizing the civil rights movement.

Drop a pin on the Memphis motel where Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in April 1968 — now the National Civil Rights Museum.