Hundreds of community members gathered on Dr. Martin Luther King Drive Monday for the 46^th annual Juneteenth Day festival and parade, which featured dancers, floats, horseback riders and more. The event was organized by Northcott Neighborhood House.

The community-wide festival included family-friendly activities such as games, exhibits, soul food and music, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Juneteenth Day is the country’s oldest observed holiday and commemorates the day the last slaves were freed in 1865 following the Civil War.