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The theme of this year's parade is "Legacy" — encouraging people to think about their own legacies, while also honoring the parade's founder, Melinda Brown, who died in December.
Here are some of the events taking place around San Antonio honoring the legacy of Juneteenth.
Celebrations across the state mark Juneteenth, proclaimed a federal holiday in 2021 and marking the date — June 19, 1865 — that Union soldiers landed at Galveston, Texas, with news that the Civil War had ended and that enslaved people in that state were officially free.
An explainer of the history behind Juneteenth.
Juneteenth is observed in more places this year. Here's how the holiday got its start, what it signifies and how you can observe the day.