Rochester Juneteenth Event
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Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Thu, 2003-06-12 00:00
The entire community is invited to come out and celebrate Juneteenth on June 14, 2003. The celebration will take Place at the Flint Street Field (corner of Flint Street and Jefferson Avenue) --- 12:00 PM until 5:00 PM.
Juneteenth is the holiday observed by African Americans between June 13th and 19th to celebrate all Africans in the United States legally gaining
freedom. It is a celebration of African American history, in honor of the time period when the last enslaved African Americans received word that slavery had ended.
For More info contact: heagle@rochester.rr.com