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Juneteenth Jubilee Day Festival. When: noon to 4 p.m. Sunday Where: Ohio Village and Ohio History Center, 800 E. 17th Ave.What: Visitors will be transported to an 1890’s Juneteenth observation ...
For the first time since Juneteenth was federally recognized, the National Park Service is making entry into all sites free on the holiday. For more than one-and-a-half centuries, the Juneteenth ...
Flourish and be free this Juneteenth. History in our veins; freedom in our future. Hope is the anchor that keeps us grounded in our pursuit of continued freedom and justice.
Goodale Park is a public park in the Victorian Village area of Columbus, Ohio.It was donated to the city in 1851 by Lincoln Goodale.For a few months during the Civil War, it was a staging area for Union troops known as Camp Jackson. [3]
Here's how to celebrate Juneteenth, a federal holiday observed on June 19. Find a mix of events, activities and ideas that celebrate Black culture.
Juneteenth became one of five date-specific federal holidays along with New Year's Day (January 1), Independence Day (July 4), Veterans Day (November 11), and Christmas Day (December 25). Juneteenth is the first new federal holiday since Martin Luther King Jr. Day was declared a holiday in 1986.
What: An event from Austin Area Urban League complete with a slingshot showcase, children's activities, a comedy show, live music and free food. Black Makers Market When: June 15 from noon to 6 p.m.
On this day in 1865, federal troops arrived in Galveston, Texas, and informed 250,000 enslaved people across the state that they were free. Juneteenth became an official federal holiday when ...