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Texas got the big news a little late. On June 19, 1865--nearly a month after the Civil War ended and more than two years after President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation--General Gordon Granger of the Union Army landed at Galveston, Texas, and read aloud General Order No. 3: "The people of Texas are informed that in accordance with a Proclamation from the Executive of the United States, all slaves are free...
...25th anniversary report, Granger said he spent a "four-year career as a draft dodger" before he went onto his illustrious career as a playwright and that he still regretted not having a chance to live out more of his community service ideals...
...Granger also worked at the 52nd Street Project, a theater program in Manhattan for inner-city youth. Granger served as a director, and helped teach kids how to write plays, according to Willie Reale, artistic director at the project...
...Granger also authored several screenplays, and was a writer for the daytime soap operas "Loving" and "As the World Turns...
...Granger is survived by his wife MariElena, and two sons, Andrew and James