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Approaching the third year of the Civil War, on September 22nd, 1862, President Lincoln issued an executive order known as the Emancipation Proclamation. This declaration was the announcement "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free." The Emancipation Proclamation became official on January 1, 1863. However, it was not until, June 19th, 1865 that Major General Gordon Granger and roughly 2000 Union soldiers descended onto Galveston, Texas with news that the Civil War had ended and that the enslaved were now free. Nearly two and half years after the Emancipation Proclamation was law, there were still more than 250,000 slaves in Texas.

 

 

Juneteenth was and continues to be both a day of remembrance and an opportunity for African-Americans to honor their history and celebrate Black culture with a focus on education and self-improvement. It's also a momentous occasion worthy of celebration. Pageants, parades, parties... cookouts, kick-backs, and car shows... rodeos, reunions, and receptions... every and any type of function to recognize the end of state-sanctioned slavery - there's a Juneteenth Weekend event being held near you or streaming online! I have one event from each state listed below.

Alabama

National Juneteenth Festival and Parade

Alaska

Free Admission Day: Juneteenth at the Museum

Arizona

Valley of the Sun Juneteenth Celebration

Arkansas

2021 Juneteenth Celebration: Delta Financial Literacy

California

SoulfulofNoise Juneteenth Concert

Colorado

JUNETEENTH MUSIC FESTIVAL

  

Connecticut

1st Annual Juneteenth "Liberation Day" Festival

Related: This Juneteenth, A Newly Uncovered Poem On Slavery, By A Slave

Delaware

Juneteenth Entrepreneurial Expo

Florida

Miss Juneteenth Pageant 2021

  

Georgia

JUNETEENTH ATLANTA

​PARADE & MUSIC FESTIVAL

 

Hawaii 

Juneteenth Cookout and Scavenger Hunt

Idaho 

JUNETEENTH COMMUNITY PANJUNETEENTH COMMUNITY PANEL 

AND ANNUAL CHILI TASTING 

Illinois

9th Annual Juneteenth Celebration

Indiana

Juneteenth Southern Soul Father Day Celebration

Iowa

Juneteenth Black Business Expo and Tour Jump Off

Related: What D.C. Statehood means for Black-Owned Businesses? Here's a look.

Kansas

13th Annual Kansas City Juneteenth Celebration

Kentucky

Full Circle Comedy Presents: Juneteenth Comedy Spectacular 

 

Louisiana

Juneteenth New Orleans Celebration & Market

 

 

Maine

BookHead SweetTooth Celebrates Juneteenth

Maryland 

Annapolis’ Inaugural Juneteenth Celebration 

 

Massachusetts

Museum of Fine Arts Juneteenth Celebration

 

Michigan

Juneteenth Jubilee Stroll on the Historic Avenue of Fashion

 

Minnesota

Juneteenth Jubilee- A MN Black Box Bazaar

Mississippi

Juneteenth Small Business Expo

Missouri

13th Annual Kansas City Juneteenth Celebration

 

Montana

Black Heritage FounBlack Heritage Foundation of Yellowstone County

Freedom Celebration

Nebraska

Omaha Freedom Festival feat. Juvenile, Michel'le, KeesheaPratt , TheBankster1

 

Nevada

S.O.S 2nd Annual Juneteenth Festival

 

Related: How to Support Black-Owned Businesses for Black Love Day

New Hampshire

Juneteenth 2021 -Art of The Story: Exploring How DNA Powers a Changing Narratives 

  

New Jersey

JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION 2021

Perkins Center for the Arts in Moorestown, NJ

New Mexico

JUNETEENTH 2021: "TO A HIGHER GROUND

New York

The Big Black Kickback Juneteenth 2021 NYC

 

North Carolina

Raleigh Juneteenth Festival

North Dakota 

“Faith4Hope Presents” Juneteenth Freedom Celebration 

Ohio 

Juneteenth Jubilee

Oklahoma

Blooming Into Juneteenth with Gapelii Brand 

Oregon

Juneteenth Celebration in Medford

 

Pennsylvania 

YPOC JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION 2021

Rhode Island

Juneteenth RI 2021 

 

South Carolina

Lowcountry Juneteenth Week

 

 

South Dakota

Brookings Juneteenth Celebration 2021

Tennessee

Juneteenth Jubilee - “It’s the B.O.B. for Me!!!”

 

Texas 

5TH ANNUAL JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION

Utah

Freedom & Heritage Festival: Black Joy

Vermont

Juneteenth Celebration - Fletcher Free Library

 

Virginia

1st Annual Juneteenth Pageant

Washington

It Takes a Village — Juneteenth Festival 

 

Washington D.C.

Youth Entrepreneur Day

West Virginia

2021 Virtual Juneteenth Celebration

Wisconsin 

Burlington Juneteenth Rally

 

 

Wyoming

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If there is a Juneteenth event being held in your community, please consider attending with your family and friends. Slavery is not the culmination of who we are as a people, yet we have accomplished and achieved in spite of it. Not only is this a time to celebrate, this is also a time to reflect on our history through a contextual lens in a concerted effort to examine slavery and its direct impact on our country today.

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