Yuma Celebrating Juneteenth with Event at Carver Park

Yuma celebrating Juneteenth with event at Carver Park

YUMA, Ariz. (KYMA, KECY) - An event will be held in Yuma to celebrate Juneteenth. The event will be on June 14 at Carver Park (385 S. 13th Ave.) from 6:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. Raffles, activities, and food vendors are planned to be at the park. Juneteenth is a federal holiday to commemorate the end of slavery on June 19, 1865. The post Yuma celebrating Juneteenth with event at Carver Park appeared first on KYMA.

Lecture Series in June focuses on climate change, Juneteenth

June’s speakers at the Moab Information Center-hosted Lecture Series, sponsored by Canyonlands Natural History Association, feature discussions on climate change in Utah’s mountains and Juneteenth, Freedom Day. African Americans celebrate Juneteenth in Texas on June 19, 1906. Photo courtesy of The Portal to Texas History, Austin History Center, Austin Public Library/Wikimedia Commons The lectures take place at the MIC, on the southeast corner o…

Panel discussion with civil rights leader set for Juneteenth

By Christine Rogers The Dallas Historical Society announces today its plan to honor Juneteenth all summer long, by publicly presenting from its permanent collection the official Juneteenth Order, starting on Juneteenth. While the original executive order resides in the U.S. national archives, the Dallas Historical Society’s Order No. 3 is the only remaining copy of those hand-delivered to Texas in 1865 to declare that enslaved people were free. …