Several Juneteenth events are scheduled to take place at Chadakoin Park.
JAMESTOWN – Community members in Jamestown will be celebrating the 150th anniversary of the end of slavery this weekend with the annual Jamestown Juneteenth Celebration, taking place from Friday through Sunday at various locations in the city.
The celebration will kick-off Friday at 6 p.m. with the King & Queen Dance at the Lillian V. Ney Renaissance Center. The dance is $10 for adults and $5 for children 12 and under.
On Saturday, the Pride Parade will start at 10 a.m. along seventh street, with the opening Juneteenth ceremony scheduled for 11 a.m. at Chadakoin Park. The day will also feature a three-on-three basketball tournament, food and craft vendors, and a showing of the documentary film ‘Old South” at 8:30 p.m.
On Sunday, a continental breakfast will start at 8 a.m. and will be followed by Worship in the Park at 9 a.m. The basketball tournament and vendors will resume at 11 a.m. The Carolyn Louise Pennamon-Faison Gospel Festival will be at 3 p.m.
Juneteenth is the oldest known celebration commemorating the end of slavery in the United States. Dating back to 1865, it was on June 19 that the Union soldiers led by Union General Gordon Granger landed at Galveston, TX with news that the war had ended and that all slaves had been set free.
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