Definition
Programs that sponsor special meals, parties, dances and other special events for people to attend to celebrate Juneteenth. This holiday falls on June 19th and is often celebrated on the third Saturday in June to commemorate when some of the last enslaved people in the Confederacy became free. Celebrations include picnics, rodeos, street fairs, cookouts, family reunions, park parties, historical reenactments, poetry and literature readings, blues festivals, and Miss Juneteenth contests.
URL Name
PH-2950-3900
Third Level Code
PH-2950
Taxonomy Code
PH-2950.3900
Family Code
P
Second Level Code
PH
Fourth Level Code
PH-2950-3900
Use References
['Emancipation Day Events', 'Freedom Day Events', 'Jubilee Day Events', 'Liberation Day Events']
Publication Status
Online