Juneteenth celebrates the end of slavery in the United States. Though President Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation technically took effect on January 1, 1863, the true ending of slavery was not actually in effect until after the end of the Civil War in 1865. On June 19 of that year. On this day we will honor our ancestors with our truths, our stories, our hopes, our tragedies an triumphs with the spoken word. Don't miss it