View Rare Historic Film of 1925 Juneteenth Celebration on Yale Library Digital Collections

View rare historic film of 1925 Juneteenth celebration on Yale Library Digital Collections

Rare archival film from a Beinecke Library collection shows a 1925 parade celebrating Juneteenth, the holiday that commemorates the June 19, 1865, arrival of the U.S. Army in Galveston, Texas, to enforce the then 2.5 year old Emancipation Proclamation.

Finger Lakes Opera and Mt. Olivet Baptist Church Present Juneteenth

Rochester, NY – Finger Lakes Opera (FLO) will open its 2025 Summer Festival on Thursday, June 19th at 7 PM, with the second-annual Juneteenth program, a free event presented in collaboration with Mt. Olivet Baptist Church. “FLO is honored to continue its partnership with Mt. Olivet Baptist Church, which is celebrating its 115th anniversary,” FLO Executive Director Elizabeth Long explains and continues, “This year’s Juneteenth program has a Past,…

Juneteenth Celebration at Atonement Episcopal Church

Lauderdale Lakes – The Episcopal Church in Southeast Florida invites the community to a Juneteenth Celebration on Saturday, June 14th from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., hosted at Atonement Episcopal Church in Lauderdale Lakes, 4401 W. Oakland Park Blvd, Lauderdale Lakes, FL 33313. This sacred gathering will include music, prayer, spoken word, and reflections that honor the enduring legacy of Juneteenth — commemorating the emancipation of the last en…