'What Does it Mean to You?': Juneteenth Celebration at Stevenson Park

Juneteenth celebration at Spokane’s Grant Park highlights unity

SPOKANE, Wash. – Grant Park in Spokane was filled with energy and purpose as families reunited and people learned about Juneteenth for the first time.

'What Does it Mean to You?': Juneteenth Celebration at Stevenson Park

ABILENE, Texas (KTAB/KRBC) - On June 19th, 1865, two and a half years after the Emancipation Proclamation, Union General Gordon Granger rode into Galveston, Texas, and announced that the last of the enslaved were free. On June 17, 2021, Juneteenth became a federal holiday, and while its relatively recent recognition has now found its place in our nation's acknowledgment, this day has been a cause for celebration for many years. Juneteenth c…