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Juneteenth Emancipation Day Celebration

Sat, Jun 14, 2025
12:00 pm – 3:00 pm

Join us in celebrating 160 years since the news of the Emancipation Proclamation reached Texas in 1865 and freed the last of the enslaved people there.  

Bring your family and friends to Douglass Park for summer activities celebrating community and commemorating the abolition of slavery.

Presented in partnership with the Champaign Park District.

All ages | Activity

Douglass Branch Library, Meeting Room at Douglass Branch

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