“Individuals have been able to come inside and see the art exhibit and hear more of the story,” Collins said. On private tours, Collins helps visitors dive deeper into the Juneteenth history inside the Juneteenth Legacy Project headquarters, the Old Galveston Square Building, on which the mural is painted. “These patriots that helped to save America, that helped to save the Union and helped to bring Texas back into compliance under the American flag, they have for too long been left out of the story,” Collins said. “It was the men with the guns who arrived in the blue uniforms, 75% of them being in Black bodies.” “It's not a piece of paper that freed the enslaved people of Texas,” said Collins, who has been attending Juneteenth celebrations in Galveston since he was a kid. The scene is a favorite for Samuel Collins III, who’s taken lead on the project as a historian and co-founder of the Juneteenth Legacy Project. Behind him stand Black Union soldiers, whose faces portrayed in the mural are actually based off the artistic team’s. The most prominent portal features Granger. Large painted words at the bottom read 'Absolute Equality' - the mural's name. Adams and his creative team painted the mural - which includes several scenes, or “portals” - in less than a month. It faces a parking lot that was formerly Union soldier headquarters at the corner of Strand and 22nd streets. Now a new 5,000-square-foot mural marks the spot where General Order No. That day, which led to the liberation of enslaved people across Texas, is now celebrated as Juneteenth. 3, which demanded “absolute equality” among enslaved people and slaveholders. On June 19, 1865, in downtown Galveston, Maj. Adams stands in front of his Juneteenth mural “Absolute Equality” in Galveston, Texas. Elizabeth Trovall/Houston Public Media Houston-based public artist Reginald C.

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