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Juneteenth CelebrationEntry/Object ID
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Juneteenth Celebration
St. Joseph News-Press June 14, 2002 Buffalo soldier re-enactors to highlight this year's Juneteenth festival. The paper has a picture of the buffalo soldiers re-enactors. John Bell's relatives including his grandfather and uncle had served as Buffalo Soldiers. Their stories like those of other men who had served had gone largely unnoticed in history books. There are several color pictures in this newspaper.
In 2002 Juneteenth was celebrated June 14, 15, and 16 in St. Joseph, Missouri. Juneteenth is the oldest known celebration of the ending of slavery. Today Juneteenth celebrates African American freedom while encouraging self-development and respect for all cultures. There is a program of the Juneteenth of 2002. The program for Juneteenth for the year 1996 had sounds of Africa Dancers & Drummers
The Program for June 1998 had a freedom parade, underground railroad tours, sunrise service, freedom basket picnic and other activities.
There is a schedule of Events for Juneteenth Celebration 1998. The Emancipation Proclamation signed by Abraham Lincoln January 1, 1863 freed the last five million African-American slaves, However, slave owners in Texas kept the news to themselves It was not until June 1865 that Union troops arrived in Galveston that the slaves learned of their freedom. June 19 has been a day of festivity for Black people throughout the South since then.
Juneteenth: Celebrating Human Freedom was the theme for June 10, 1995. The main attraction was the Salem Baptist Church Mass Choir of Omaha, Nebraska.
In this folder is a thank you award for the Juneteenth Celebration 2003. It is a thank you, for supporting the Juneteenth Celebration, 2003 from Juneteenth Steering Committee. It is signed and dated 6-14-03. The 2003 Juneteenth Celebration has a souvenir Brochure. That year they were celebrating a lost heritage "Revived".Collection
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