A gathering to celebrate Juneteenth, the national holiday to mark the end of slavery in the United States and to commemorate the Martyrdom of the Emanuel 9 Nine. On June 17th at 7:00pm at the Garden of Surging Waves in Astoria, 9 members of the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church (often referred to as Mother Emanuel) in Charleston, South Carolina were gunned down during Bible Study by a young, self-proclaimed white supremacist. Please join us for a celebration and ceremony.