The Lincoln Parks and Recreation Department invites the public to a free Juneteenth celebration from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. today, June 22, at the F Street Community Center, 1225 F St. Activities include a three-on-three basketball tournament, big wheel derby, classic car show, free food and raffle prizes, face painting, DJ and street dance, and more. Prizes and giveaways will be donated by Spreetail, We Can Do This, Hy-Vee, Pepsi-Cola, Partnership for a Healthy Lincoln, UnbeWingable, Norland Pure Water, Hiland Dairy and others. For more information about the F...

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Lincoln residents are invited to attend a free Juneteenth celebration from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at the F Street Community Center. Activities include a 3-on-3 basketball tournament, big wheel derby, classic car show, free food and raffle prizes, face painting, DJ and street dance and more. Prizes and giveaways are donated by Spreetail, We Can Do This, Hy-Vee, Pepsi-Cola, Partnership for a Healthy Lincoln, UnbeWingable, Norland Pure Water, Hiland Dairy and others. Formally celebrated on June 19, the holiday marks the traditional commemoration date of the emancipation of...

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WILLIAMSBURG — Horns were blown, drums were beaten, and freedom was celebrated Wednesday on the lawn of the Williamsburg Community Building in honor of Juneteenth. The federal holiday celebrates the news of emancipation reaching Galveston, Texas, on June 19, 1865. There, the last officially enslaved people in the country found out they were free, two years after the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation.

TRAVERSE CITY — Walking toward Founder’s Hall on Northwestern Michigan University’s campus Wednesday evening was an experience for the senses. Signs announcing “Juneteenth: Freedom Day!’ and explaining the celebration’s history lined the sidewalk. People gathered in the clearing in the wooded area where the music could be felt as well as heard, the bass reverberating through the air. The celebration of Juneteenth by the organization E3 commemorated the day that word of the Emancipation Proclamation reached Galveston, Texas. That news liberated the last of the enslaved people there.

ASHEVILLE - Gallery visitors roamed through a traveling exhibit filled with artwork celebrating Black history and commemorating creatives like Zora Neale Hurston and Toni Morrison at the YMI Cultural Center on June 19. Titled "Aiming for Freedom," the gallery was a part of the first Juneteenth event held on the Block, downtown Asheville's historically Black business district. Other than artwork, the event featured food trucks, DJs and interactive activities in Triangle Park. Dewayne Barton, one of the artists featured in the gallery, built sculptures as creative therapy but also to...

The library and B.E.A.T. invite the community to learn about Juneteenth and its connection to Berlin through a day of events that will include food, live music, speakers, presentations and book displays. The celebration will take place at the library at 234 Kensington Road and Veterans' Memorial Park. The schedule includes: "His Truth is Marching On" will be screened, followed by a question-and-answer session with writer and director Dan Morrison, from 12:40 to 1:45 p.m. Celebration of Hip-Hop, an educational music collaboration celebrating the journey of the genre, will take...