June 19, 1865 Juneteenth is the oldest known celebration commemorating the end of slavery in the United States.  It was June 19, 1865 that the Union soldiers, led by General Gordon Granger, landed at Galveston, Texas with news that the war had ended and that the enslaved were now free.  Note: this was two and a half years after President Lincoln ‘s Emancipation Proclamation — which had become official January 1, 1863.  The Emancipation Proclamation had little impact on the Texans due to the minimal number of Union troops to enforce the new Executive Order.  However, with the surrender of […]

June 6, 1944 During World War II, the Battle of Normandy, which lasted from June 1944 to August 1944, resulted in the Allied liberation of Western Europe from Nazi Germany’s control.  Code-named “Operation Overlord”, the battle began on June 6, 1944, also known as D-Day, when some 156,000 American, British, and Canadian forces landed on five beaches along a 50-mile stretch on the heavily fortified coast of France’s Normandy region.  The invasion was one of the largest amphibious military assaults in history and required extensive planning.  Prior to D-Day, the Allies conducted a large-scale deception campaign designed to mislead the […]

July 21, 2025 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm The Republican Party Of Navarro County will hold an Executive Committee Meeting on Monday July 21, 2025 at 6:30 pm at the Republican Headquarters located at 111-B West Third Avenue in downtown Corsicana. Christine Welborne, President of Advancing Integrity, has been passionate about election integrity since 2015 when she helped uncover what was the largest ballot harvesting scheme ever reported in Texas.  Her work has exposed fraud, corruption, and mismanagement in 9 counties across Texas. While she remains a leading subject matter expert in exposing mail-in ballot harvesting, she is also equipped […]