Juneteenth Kids Day
Friday, June 15, 2007 , 12:00pm to 5:00pm
Frank H. Ball Neighborhood Center, 760 Mayor
Fresno Parks, Recreation & Community Services
A celebration of Freedom. Free event open to the community, featuring music and entertainment, refreshments, contests, dominoes tournament, cultural education and crafts.
Wendi Danyluk
559-621-6608
29th Annual Fresno Juneteenth Celebration
June 16, 2007
Parade @ 10 AM
Kearney & Fresno to Hinton Center via MLK Blvd.
Celebration: Food, Booths & Stage Entertainment@ 12 Noon- 6 PM
Where: Hinton Community Center
2385 Fairview (Church St.) just south of Edison Computech
Jerline Bishop 579-5274
What is Juneteenth?
Juneteenth originated as a celebration of the ending of slavery in Texas. On June 19, 1865, Major General Gordon Granger and 1,800 troops of the Union Army arrived in Galveston, Texas, and announced that the Civil War had ended and all enslaved persons were free. Even though President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation had gone into effect on January 1, 1863, freeing all enslaved persons in those states in rebellion against the United States, for various reasons the decree had not yet taken effect in Texas. For more info go to http://www.juneteenth.com/
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