Celebrate Juneteenth From Sea To Shining Sea
Abstract
Celebrate Juneteenth From Sea To Shining Sea Juneteenth celebrations are being held all across the country. Juneteenth, known as Freedom Day, Emancipation Day, Jubilee Day and Liberation Day, commemorates the day in 1865 when the federal army reached Texas to ensure that enslaved people in the state were freed. President Biden made Juneteenth a day of holiday and enacted it into law: people can wish each other "Happy Juneteenth." This year June 19th falls on a Sunday, making for a celebratory summer weekend. Galveston has remained a busy site for Juneteenth events: after dedicating a 5,000-square-foot mural last year, in 2022 Galveston will celebrate the holiday with a banquet, poetry festival, parade and a picnic. Organizers in Atlanta will hold a parade and music festival at Centennial Olympic Park, and similar events are scheduled in Baltimore, Brooklyn, Los Angeles and Tulsa, Okla. In northeast, we might want to visit Provincetown, Massachusetts, for Juneteenth 2022 - A Community Celebration and Cookout at 236 Commercial St. In western Massachusetts, visit the Springfield Juneteenth Jubilee Underground Railroad Tour at The Pan African Historical Museum of Springfield Chicago is holding over fifty barbecues, parades and other celebrations, including a Black Entrepreneurs Experience at Wrigley Field. The Atlantic Street Center's Juneteenth celebration, hosted every year since its inception in 2001, is a community staple in south Seattle. In Columbia, attend the Juneteenth Freedom Festival, now in its sixth year.
