Brent Jones leads the Juneteenth Anchorage Citywide Choir on the second day of the Juneteenth Citywide Celebration at Delaney Park Strip on Sunday, June 18, 2023.
was celebrated in Anchorage this weekend, marking the end of slavery in the United States. There were events on the Delaney Park Strip Saturday and Sunday
“Juneteenth is American history, everyone should celebrate it, and know about it, and take part in it. It’s not just an African American holiday. It’s everybody’s history,” said Jasmin Smith, Juneteenth Anchorage president and event coordinator. ”It might be a painful time in our history. It might be uncomfortable to talk about and re-live slavery and discuss slavery and the effects of it. But, it’s still important for us to be educated. We still have a lot of work to do so we know our further goals and future paths. June 19, 1865, when the last of the slaves in Texas and any other holdover areas of the Union were basically being told ‘You need to free them.
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