… A Juneteenth Celebration Dear IHP Community, Once again, we have the opportunity to celebrate Juneteenth, an annual commemoration of the end of slavery in the United … the Civil War. On June 19, 1865, slaves in Galveston, Texas were given the news that they were freed by President Abraham Lincoln more than two years before. … work of the IHP is doing in addressing the JEDI goals that we have been working on for the last four years. Led by our JEDI Office , this work is done in collaboration …