(Gary Coronado / Los Angeles Times)
Juneteenth is marked for Monday, but Los Angeles County residents hoping to commemorate the newest federal holiday won't have to wait to celebrate with a number of block parties and cookouts set to kick off this weekend.Observed each year on June 19, Juneteenth - otherwise known as "Freedom Day" or "Emancipation Day" - marks the moment in 1865 when Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger informed enslaved Black people in Galveston, Texas, of their freedom.
Juneteenth is marked for Monday, but Los Angeles County residents hoping to commemorate the newest federal holiday won't have to wait to celebrate with a number of block parties and cookouts set to kick off this weekend.Observed each year on June 19, Juneteenth - otherwise known as "Freedom Day" or "Emancipation Day" - marks the moment in 1865 when Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger informed enslaved Black people in Galveston, Texas, of their freedom.
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