From the HAAF family to yours we want to wish you a happy Juneteenth. We honor today and acknowledge all the names that this day is known for, “Emancipation day”, “Freedom day”, “ Jubilee day”, and “Black Independence Day”. We are celebrating the commemoration of the end of slavery and acknowledge our ancestors who fought as soldiers in the union against the confederacy of the south to win our freedom. It took two years for our fellow Texan brothers and sisters to learn that slavery had been abolished but once the found their new freedom they celebrated with prayer, dance, song and feasting. We are so grateful for our ancestors, the shoulders that we stand on. It’s with their sacrifice that we have the liberty of today. Juneteenth what a liberating day!!!

Along with that, happy father’s day! We appreciated and commend all of our black fathers who stand strong as role models and hold their families together!