Ward 7 to Lead Local Juneteenth Celebration in Lockstep With Other U.S. Cities
Community members will celebrate Juneteenth with a Ward 7 parade and picnic, in coordination with Dr. Opal Lee's "Opal's Walk for Freedom", to commemorate the day Union troops arrived in Galveston Bay, Texas and declared the end of slavery. The post Ward 7 to Lead Local Juneteenth Celebration in Lockstep With Other U.S. Cities appeared first on The Washington Informer.
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Community members will celebrate Juneteenth with a Ward 7 parade and picnic, in coordination with Dr. Opal Lee's "Opal's Walk for Freedom", to commemorate the day Union troops arrived in Galveston Bay, Texas and declared the end of slavery.
The post Ward 7 to Lead Local Juneteenth Celebration in Lockstep With Other U.S. Cities appeared first on The Washington Informer.
