The SWLA Juneteenth Committee will host its 22nd annual celebration from April 26 to June 21, 2025, in Lafayette.

This Proclamation had ... will be a variety of events and community festivals geared toward recognizing the important date. In New York, the 15th Annual Juneteenth NY Festival will kick off ...

The first Juneteenth celebration took place in Texas in 1866, with community gatherings featuring cookouts, prayers, and dances. In time, however, white people in certain areas began restricting ...

This news was received nearly two and a half years after President Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation – which ... fantastic day with more than 500 campus community members celebrating, eating lunch, ...

It was over 2½ years after President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation ... by collaborating with community leaders, organizations and individuals. "Juneteenth reminds us ...

“This is what it looks like when a community ... The Juneteenth holiday, sometimes called Freedom Day, has its roots in President Abraham Lincoln’s revered Emancipation Proclamation.

The proclamation, moreover ... music and food truck The Eustis Estate will host a Juneteenth celebration of freedom and community with live music, food, dancing and family-friendly activities ...

The day became known as Juneteenth, a word created by joining ... In January 1863, Lincoln had issued the Emancipation Proclamation, which made slavery illegal. More than three and a half million ...

The event will feature music, food, and an opportunity to meet and connect with the UTSA community. What is Juneteenth? Juneteenth is often cited as African-American Independence Day. Even though the ...

A year before President Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation ... immediately contributed to the health of the D.C. community and developed medical breakthroughs you might not realize ...