Click on the image to learn more about the history and worldwide celebration of Juneteenth. Under normal circumstances, the text link under the image can be used for information about public celebrations in Philly--but, all festivities have been cancelled this year because of COVID-19. Please don't let that stop you from celebrating in your own private way and God willing, we'll be together again in 2021!
Friday, June 19, 2020
Black History Matters All Day, Every Day
We celebrate our total emancipation and freedom from slavery on on this day. It was June 19, 1865 (two and a half years after the Emancipation Proclamation was in effect) when Union soldiers arrived in Galveston, TX with news that the Civil War had ended and the enslaved were now free. The celebration carries the connotation that until we’re all free, none of us are free!
Click on the image to learn more about the history and worldwide celebration of Juneteenth. Under normal circumstances, the text link under the image can be used for information about public celebrations in Philly--but, all festivities have been cancelled this year because of COVID-19. Please don't let that stop you from celebrating in your own private way and God willing, we'll be together again in 2021!
Click on the image to learn more about the history and worldwide celebration of Juneteenth. Under normal circumstances, the text link under the image can be used for information about public celebrations in Philly--but, all festivities have been cancelled this year because of COVID-19. Please don't let that stop you from celebrating in your own private way and God willing, we'll be together again in 2021!
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