JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION 2023
Nile Street Park, LaGrange, Georgia
Saturday, July 17, 2023, 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
The weather was extremely HOT on this day. The spirit of Juneteenth was in the air.
Lots of great food and items to purchase from the many vendors who were present.
The First Juneteenth
On June 19, 1865, nearly two years after President Abraham Lincoln emancipated enslaved Africans in America, Union troops arrived in Galveston Bay, Texas with news of freedom. More than 250,000 African Americans embraced freedom by executive decree in what became known as Juneteenth or Freedom Day. With the principles of self-determination, citizenship, and democracy magnifying their hopes and dreams, those Texans held fast to the promise of true liberty for all.
