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We have a celebration to die for. a tiny little park called sycamore park, we had 30,000 people. oh, my goodness. the paper said in a three-day period 10,000 people a day. oh, but did we have fun. we were partying. well, the park s supposed to close at 10:00, and all they did was to pull the plug that turned the lights off. that meant we were supposed to go home. why did i get on a flatbed truck and put that plug back in and partied until dawn. 94-year-old opal lee reminiscing about celebrating juneteenth in fortt worth texas. we talked on the show last night ....