The little-known local connection to Juneteenth: Sodus native played key role

When the enslaved people of Texas were informed they were free, it was a Sodus native who delivered the news.When the enslaved people of Texas learned they were free, more than four months after the House of Representatives passed the 13th Amendment, it was a Sodus native, Union Army Gen. Gordon Granger, who delivered the news. The Civil War hero was given command of the Department of Texas on June 10, 1865.…