Booth at Juneteenth

Juneteenth celebrates the end of slavery in the United States. It is also known as Emancipation Day, Freedom Day, Jubilee Day, Juneteenth Independence Day, and Black Independence Day. On June 19, 1865, Major General Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston, TX, and announced the end of the civil war and the end of slavery. Although the Emancipation Proclamation came 2½ years earlier on January 1, 1863, many enslavers continued to hold enslaved Black people captive after the announcement, and Juneteenth became a symbolic date representing African-American freedom.

Join the Black Heritage Foundation of Billings at they hold their annual Juneteenth celebration among our community reflecting on how far we’ve come and how far we still need to go…

Date

Jun 17 2023
Expired!

Time

1:00 pm - 6:00 pm

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Location

South Park
South Broadway and 6th Ave S, Billings, MT
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