Today is the first time Juneteenth is getting its due. It’s observed Monday, since the holiday fell on a Sunday. Last year, it became a federal holiday at the last minute, on June 17, with little time for widespread celebration.
Juneteenth celebrations continued on Main Street this morning with the Juneteenth Freedom Festival Parade, which kicked off at 10 a.m. ABC Columbia’s Miya Payton was live there as many community members, groups and businesses came out to support.
Local Living: Juneteenth celebrations in the Midlands this weekend, Midlands Fatherhood Coalition hosting 5K race on Saturday and more!
Local Living: Richland Library hosting summer break cafes, celebrate Juneteenth in the Midlands and more!
Local Living: Celebrate Juneteenth in the Midlands, community cleanup in Cayce this week and more!
You can bring your family to have some fun at the free Juneteenth Celebration event in Hopkins this Sunday!
Local Living: Celebrate Pride Month at Outfest Columbia, meet our Pet of the Week and more!
The City of Newberry will host a Juneteenth celebration tomorrow from 10 a.m.-3 p.m.
Fitness Trainer James Patrick is hosting a free dance fitness event tomorrow at the Statehouse. The “Peace Love Sweat” event goes from 9 a.m.-11 a.m.
June 19, known as Juneteenth, is now a federal holiday. June 19th, 1865 was the date that the last enslaved people in Texas finally got word of the end of slavery.
