• (All photos by Sue Vliet)

Hundreds of community members gathered on Dr. Martin Luther King Drive Monday for the 46th 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.

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

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