JUNETEENTH HOLIDAY
In observance of the Juneteenth Holiday,
the Shiloh Church Office will be CLOSED Friday, June 19, 2026.
What is Juneteenth?
Juneteenth (Jubilee Day; Emancipation Day (Texas); Freedom Day; Black Independence Day;) commemorates June 19, 1865,
when Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger led Union soldiers into Galveston, Texas, bringing news that slavery in the United States had ended by executive decree.