DON'T JUST WATCH THE PARADES GO BY! March with Senator Ankit Jain!

Name: DON'T JUST WATCH THE PARADES GO BY! March with Senator Ankit Jain!
Start: 2026-06-19T14:30:00.000Z
End: 2026-06-19T16:00:00.000Z
Location: East Washington Heights Baptist Church

Friday, Jun 19

10:30am – 12:00pm

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FRIDAY, JUNE 19th - JUNETEENTH PARADE IN WARD 7 Juneteenth (short for "June Nineteenth") is a federal holiday in the United States, celebrated annually on June 19th to commemorate the end of slavery. It marks the day in 1865 when Major General Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston, Texas, and announced the freedom of the last remaining enslaved African Americans –two and a half years after the Emancipation Proclamation. PARADE ROUTE: from East Washington Heights Baptist Church to Randle Circle Park (intersection of Branch Ave SE and Massachusetts Ave SE). 12 pm-ish finish. RSVP for a free t-shirt!