PALMDALE – Local residents are invited to a Juneteenth celebration Monday in Palmdale, featuring live music, entertainment, a car show, community resources, and family fun.
It’s happening from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday, June 19, at Poncitlán Square, located at 38315 Ninth Street East in Palmdale. The event is presented by the AV Black Chamber of Commerce, the city of Palmdale and the Future Leaders of California.
“Join us to learn about the history of Juneteenth [and] celebrate the freedom it represents… The event and activities are free, including a Juneteenth themed Paint & Sip, game truck, lawn games, story time and face painting,” states a news release promoting the event.
Adopted in 2021, Juneteenth is the newest U.S. federal holiday. Juneteenth commemorates June 19, 1865 — the date that enslaved people in the last Confederate state learned of their freedom. That day in Galveston, Texas, followed by the passage of the 13th Amendment, officially marked the end of slavery in the United States. Following the emancipation of enslaved people, Black americans reconnected with family through reunions.
City administrative and business offices, Legacy Commons for Active Seniors, all community pools, SAVES and Palmdale City Library will be closed Monday, June 19, in observance of Juneteenth. DryTown Water Park will be open for holiday hours, from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. City offices will return to regular business hours on Tuesday, June 20. To report emergencies after hours, on weekends, or holidays, residents may call 661-267-5338. Residents can also report issues online at www.cityofpalmdaleca.gov/Report.
Many city services are available online 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Parking and administrative citations may be paid online at www.cityofpalmdaleca.gov/Citations. Business licenses may be paid online by visiting www.cityofpalmdaleca.gov/BusinessLicense. Residents may order Library materials online and access services such as Homework Help and eLibrary at www.cityofpalmdaleca.gov/Library.
[Information via news release from the city of Palmdale.]
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Jayden Hernandez says
lazy lazy lazy coon
Debra Davis says
Junteenth is a National Holiday that will be Celebrated abd observed by proud African Americans that know the History of our Ancestor. Not by UNEDUCATEF Colonizers WHO ARE IN DENIA. We built this Country.
Read your History Books.
Disappointed says
@Debra Davis
They’d be better off having voter registration drives. That is the mechanics for change.
All the first time Black presidents, Oscar winners, govenors, senators, holidays, whatever has made little difference.
They could put Oprah’s picture on all the currency and police departments, red state legislatures and courts will keep doing what they’ve been doing and it works for them because they have reliable turnouts.
How about doing what works rather than what feels good? What works feels good too.
Are you sure?! says
Are you sure about? I’d wager Mexicans and Chinese built more of this country than Africans.
Jaden Hernandez says
You’re a lier! There were different types of slaves. Mexicans suffered the most from slavery. You have no right to claim something for yourself. Your appropriating!
Q says
Independence Day was mainly for plantation owners and businessman. This independence from Britain afforded them the luxury of not paying taxes to the British. So in all, African Americans did not benefit from this. This is not an anti-American holiday.
Let Freedom Reign says
Nothing wrong with celebrating any holiday that expresses joy in freedom. African Americans living in the south were not freed from slavery until the Emancipation Proclamation. I’m not African American, but I celebrate Juneteeth because it is about freedom, which all Americans, regardless of race, color or creed, can enjoy.
ACE says
I HEARD JUST NOW ON KCRW AN EXPLANATION OF JUNETEENTH –
THE BLACK HISTORIAN FROM JOHNS-HOPKINS SAID THAT –
THE FOURTH OF JULY DID NOT AND DOES NOT INCLUDE BLACK PEOPLE –
SO THEY CAME UP WITH JUNETEENTH AS THEIR OWN FOURTH OF JULY –
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SOUNDS CLEARLY RACIST AND EXCLUSIVE TO ME –
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DO MOST BLACK PEOPLE CELEBRATE BOTH HOLIDAYS ?
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JUNETEENTH IS STUPID –
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Son of Ace says
No Ace, it’s not stupid. Black Americans in the south had no freedom until after the Emancipation Proclamation.