Celebrating Juneteenth 2021

What is #Juneteenth? During the U.S. Civil War, President Lincoln issued an order to end slavery in the South effective January 1, 1863.Many withheld this news from enslaved people in Confederate-controlled Southern states during the war.
It took two and a half years for news of the 1863 Emancipation Proclamation abolishing slavery in the South to reach enslaved people in Texas. More than two years of bondage when they should have been free. Only the war’s end brought the news to the South.
On June 19, 1865,a Union Army general publicly announced the end of slaveryin Galveston, Texas, which was the last state to receive official word that slavery had legally ended. The holiday’s name is a contraction of the month and the actual date, the 19th.
After slavery’s end was publicly announced in Texas, Black Union soldiers traveled to plantations and farms throughout the state to ensure all slaves knew they were now free. There were more than 250,000 enslaved people in Texasat the time. #Juneteenth gave them hope.

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Father God, let the healing and forgiveness continues for those who are still hurting. And let your peace and unity be their portion, in Jesus name I pray Amen.