San Marcos Unitarian Universalist Fellowship

"To Realize We Are Free: A Commemoration of Juneteenth" Although Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on Sept. 22, 1862 and Lee surrendered to Grant on April 9, 1865, it wasn’t until June 19, 1865, that word reached any of the more than estimated 250,000 slaves in Texas that they had been freed. Today, Juneteenth is a holiday, which celebrates the accomplishments, contributions, and unquenchable spirit of African Americans to our nation. What lessons might all of us learn from this significant event in our history?