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While Juneteenth isn’t officially celebrated until June 19, many places around the Tri-Cities will host festivals and events over the next week leading up to the holiday.

On June 18, 2023, Olympia proudly celebrated its third Juneteenth event, a day that commemorates the emancipation of enslaved African Americans in the United States.

While Juneteenth, a holiday commemorating the emancipation of enslaved African Americans, is celebrated annually on the 19th of June, it only became a U.S. federal holiday two years ago when President Biden signed a bill to distinguish Juneteenth as an official federal holiday. The day holds great literal and symbolic significance because it marks the date African Americans across the entire country became free. Although Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation in January 1863, those

Rep. Cherrish Pryor, D-Indianapolis, attended the White House's first annual Juneteenth Concert in Washington D.C. on June 13. The event honored both Juneteenth—commemorating the day in 1865 enslaved African Americans

National Archives: The freedom promised in the Emancipation Proclamation was finally delivered to 250,000 people who remained enslaved in Texas two and a half years after