Juneteenth

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A celebration of Freedom: Juneteenth in Fort Myers

Juneteenth celebration in Fort Myers, honors a historic-based event.

Quality Life Center dancers performed. Saturday, June 17, 2023, Juneteenth Community Festival was held at Roberto Clemente Park. Singing, dancing, performances as well as educational tours and tables were part of the celebration.

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Celebrating Juneteenth in Fort Myers with song, dance, teaching

Bryant Monteilh

The city of Fort Myers celebrated Juneteenth for the 11th year

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Lee County Black History Society celebrates Emancipation Day in Florida

Lee County Black History Society celebrates Emancipation Day in Florida Saturday.

Photo Essay of Saturday's Juneteenth Community Festival in Fort Myers

Kinfay Moroti

Photographer Kinfay Moroti documented the local festival in Fort Myers.

Juneteenth Celebrations in Southwest Florida

John Davis

Juneteenth, also known as Black Independence Day Emancipation Day or Jubilee Day, celebrates the abolition of the slavery of African Americans. June 19 is recognized as Juneteeth, marking the day in 1865 that Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger traveled to Galveston, Texas, to inform enslaved Black people of President Abraham Lincoln’s signing of the Emancipation Proclamation two-and-a-half years prior.In Southwest Florida, a number of events celebrating and commemorating Juneteenth are scheduled for this weekend. Here’s a list: