Juneteenth: The Festivities of Freedom

Juneteenth is also called Emancipation Day or Freedom Day.

Virginia Celebrates - Steaming grills, music and laughter could be heard from Roanoke’s Washington Park last Saturday as residents of Roanoke, Virginia, came together to celebrate Juneteenth. (Photo: David Paul Morris/Getty Images)
Houston Celebrates - In Houston, Texas, they will celebrate the eighth annual “Juneteenth Stringfellow Orchards Family Day.” Participants will create a mural that portrays life in America in the first 50 years after slavery ended. Texas declared Juneteenth a state holiday on January 1, 1980. (Photo: Matthew J. Lee/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)
Juneteenth, a Celebration of Freedom - More than 40 states across the U.S celebrated Juneteenth on June 19. Juneteenth festivities commemorate the end of slavery in Texas in 1865. It is also commonly called “Emancipation Day” or “Freedom Day.” (Craig F. Walker / The Denver Post) (Photo: Craig F. Walker/The Denver Post via Getty Images)
Buffalo’s 38th Juneteenth - The third largest Juneteenth festival in the world gathered at the Martin Luther King Jr. Park in Buffalo, New York, on June 15 and 16. (Photo: The Post-Standard /Landov)Jazz on Juneteenth - The Center for African-American History, Art and Culture in Aiken, North Carolina, will usher in its Juneteenth celebration with the Aiken Jazz Festival set for Friday. (Photo: Courtesy of The Center for African American History, Art and Culture)

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Houston Celebrates - In Houston, Texas, they will celebrate the eighth annual “Juneteenth Stringfellow Orchards Family Day.” Participants will create a mural that portrays life in America in the first 50 years after slavery ended. Texas declared Juneteenth a state holiday on January 1, 1980. (Photo: Matthew J. Lee/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)

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