Juneteenth Celebration 3 to 6 PM in Carrboro
Carrboro Town Commons 301 West Main Street, Carrboro, NC, United StatesCarrboro Town event Juneteenth is the oldest national commemoration of the end of slavery in the United States. Though the Emancipation Proclamation stated that all slaves were free as of January 1, 1863, many enslaved African Americans only learned of their freedom on June 19, 1865, when Union soldiers arrived in Galveston, Texas with news … Read more