Williamsburg held its fifth annual Juneteenth Freedom Celebration on Thursday in City Square Park. The event, hosted by The Village Initiative, commemorated Juneteenth, celebrated community resiliency and unity, and honored the city’s Black community and displaced ancestors. The celebration featured food, games, music, a parade highlighting descendant communities, and speeches by The Village Initiative director Jacqueline Bridgeforth-Williams and Mayor Douglas Pons. Attendees gathered to mark the federal holiday honoring the end of slavery and celebrating African American life.
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