Juneteenth Oregon News Today

Juneteeth celebrations have officially kicked off in the Portland metro area.Juneteenth, also known as “Juneteenth Independence Day” or “Freedom Day,” is an fed

Juneteenth is a day to celebrate, reflect and give back — here are events happening across Portland.

Check out this list of events held in celebration of the Juneteenth holiday

Three years into celebrating Juneteenth as a state and federal holiday, local communities are forging and maintaining new traditions. From the inaugural 8 Seconds Juneteenth Rodeo at the Expo Center to the returning F(Read)om Festival, PRIDE Juneteenth events and art demos and outdoor concerts, Portland is showing up for Juneteenth.

Three years into celebrating Juneteenth as a state and federal holiday, local communities are forging and maintaining new traditions. From the inaugural 8 Seconds Juneteenth Rodeo at the Expo Center to the returning F(Read)om Festival, PRIDE Juneteenth events and art demos and outdoor concerts, Portland is showing up for Juneteenth.

History, like the present it helps shape, is often a hotbed of misunderstandings and misconceptions. Some of this is accidental, but some is not. Sometimes, it is a case of simple and useful narratives being allowed to fester unchallenged. There is scarcely a branch of history where misconception is more widespread than the history — and current affairs

A national celebration of the end of slavery that has its Oregon roots in a shipyard in the 1940s will be a state holiday this year.

There will be festivities going on all weekend, beginning with a parade through North Portland on Saturday morning.

From parades to a bike ride to a Black book festival, here’s where to go and what to do to commemorate the holiday in the Rose City.

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