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Celebrate Juneteenth from 12noon to 10pm in Downtown Pontiac. There will be food, live music, fireworks and other fun activities. At 4pm on Bagley St, there will be a parade to Downtown Pontiac. Fireworks will be launched at dusk on Saturday June 17, 2023. This is the culmination of this important cultural event in downtown Pontiac that celebrates freedom for Black Americans.
June Teenth is a Holiday celebrated every year in June to commemorate the emancipation of enslaved people in the US. The Holiday was first celebrated in Texas, where on June 19th, 1865, in the aftermath of the Civil War, enslaved people were declared free under the terms of the 1862 Emancipation Proclamation.
Angela Powell
Community Relations Specialist
City of Pontiac
(248) 758-3031
apowell@pontiac.mi.us
