Want to create an interactive transcript for this episode?
Podcast: "All Used Up" by ValiantVal
Episode: Juneteenth
Description: We FreeΒ
Juneteenth, also known as Freedom Day or Emancipation Day, is an annual holiday observed on June 19th in the United States. It commemorates the emancipation of enslaved African Americans and marks the day when news of their freedom reached Galveston, Texas, on June 19, 1865, more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation was issued by President Abraham Lincoln. It signifies the end of slavery in the United States and is celebrated as a day of freedom and liberation.
Regarding the Bible and the word of God, Juneteenth does not have a direct mention or s...