Juneteenth is the oldest nationally celebrated commemoration of the ending of slavery in the United States. Dating back to 1865, it was on June 19th that the Union soldiers, led by Major General Gordon Granger, landed at Galveston, Texas with news that the war had ended and that the enslaved were now free. Note that this was two and a half years after President Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation - which had become official January 1, 1863.
Everyone is invited to join St. Luke's and Trinity on the Green in New Haven for this zoom-based Evening Prayer in celebration of Juneteenth. The service will stream on line through Facebook as noted above. But logging on through Facebook is not required. You can find the zoom log-in below:
