Special Announcement: Juneteenth & Our Covenant Against Racism

Special Announcement: Juneteenth & Our Covenant Against Racism

Juneteenth has become known as the commemoration of the ending of slavery in the United States. President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation was issued January 1, 1863. However, it was not recognized throughout the US until 1865. On June 19, 1865, Union soldiers entered Galveston Texas.