Christian Chrissian

 Juneteenth. Some people may not even know what it is still. Others have been celebrating it for generations. But truly for the first time this year, this holiday is getting nationwide attention and celebration that isn't necessarily debatable on whether it is deserved or not.  June 19th, 1865 is the day Union soldiers arrived in Galveston, Texas and freed more than 250,000 slaves in the port city. This was more than two years AFTER President Lincoln had signed the Emancipation Proclamation into effect in 1863. (He signed it in September of 1862 and it went into effect on Jan 1, 1863). The Emancipation Proclamation did not free all the slaves but rather was a mandate that all slaves be freed; a mandate that was not followed everywhere throughout the South. Namely, states and towns that Union soldiers had not been to or arrived at yet.   As Christians, this is a victory that we rejoice over and that can be celebrated in so many different ways. What other national holiday reflects th