we have been having a celebration at ashton villa for 36 years.coincided with the state of texas holiday. the texas state holiday occurred by an african-american representative by the name of al edwards of houston, texas. he remembered as the kid growing up the celebration of june -- so he introduced a law making that a paid holiday. there were only 8 african-american legislators black legislators in the legislature. and this bill passed. and it was signed into law. and it went into effect june 13, 1979. it was mainly here in the south where the celebration was you had major celebrations. today, you have big celebrations in milwaukee, los angeles, washington d.c., new york, san antonio. there are a lot over 40 states. and at least five foreign countries that even celebrate the june teenth emancipation day. this date is very important because it showed that even though texas is a southern state, it had compassion for the african-american struggle of slavery. announcer: throughout the weekend, american history tv is featuring galveston, texas. our c

ashton villa through to england's fa cup for the first time in five years.y beat the local rivals for the second time in a week to advance. this time they were two-nil victors courtesy of second half goal. the joy their supporters spilling on to the pitch at the end of the match. thousands invaded the field of play. the early quarterfinals saw bradford draw nil-nil with redding. on sunday, liverpool will host second-tear blackburn. brand on rogers side they are unbeaten in the league since december. one of the best in that time has been midfielder jordan henderson, the 24-year-old has been captain in the side of injured gerrard but the manager said it's unfair to compare him to the liverpool manager. >> you should stop trying to put pressure on a player like jordan henderson because he takes a corner doesn't mean he is the new steven gerard because he shifts from outside the box doesn't mean he is a new steven gerrard. >> domestic ball in greece made its return after being suspended following crowd violence. this weekend including this match played in front

we have been having a celebration here at ashton villa for 36 years.cided with the state of texas holiday. the texas state holiday occurred by an african-american representative by the name of al edwards of houston, texas who remembered as a kid the celebration of juneteen so he introduced a lawmaking that a paid holiday. there were only eight african-american black legislators in the legislature. this bill passed. it was signed into law. it went into effect june 13, 1979. it was mainly here in the south where the celebration -- where you had major celebrations. today, you have big celebrations in mill walk he, washington, d.c., new york, san antonio -- there are a lot -- over 40 states. we have been told there are at least five foreign countries that even celebrate the june teenth this update is very important because it showed it that even though texas is a southern state , and had compassion -- it had compassion for the african-american struggle of slavery. >> american history tv is featuring galveston, texas. our staff traveled there to learn about