On behalf of the Hinesburg Racial Equity Group, here's info on the Juneteenth celebration in Winooski:

SUNDAY, June 19, 2022, 3-8pm, Rotary Park, Winooski, VT
FREE Music and Food (creemees!) Additional details at http://downtownwinooski.org/juneteenth/.

Juneteenth, short for June Nineteenth, is an annual holiday that commemorates the day the last slaves in Galveston, Texas were told of their freedom on June 19, 1865, two and a half years after the issuance of the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863 by then President Abraham Lincoln.

Additional info & resources from Carpenter Carse Library are available here:
https://ccl.kohavt.org/Union/Search?idx=ti&limit=branch%3ACCL&q=juneteenth

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Suzie McCoy (she/her)
802-343-4076

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