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Juneteenth celebrations return to Oxford

Juneteenth celebrations return to Oxford

Oxford residents celebrated Juneteenth last weekend, June 18-20, with a multi-day series of events, including music in the Uptown parks on Thursday, a recognition banquet on Friday and a community cookout on Saturday. The banquet was held at the Oxford Presbyterian Church Seminary Building at 104 E. Church

Locally hosted Juneteenth celebration returns to Oxford

Locally hosted Juneteenth celebration returns to Oxford

Juneteenth commemorates the day in 1865 when Union soldiers arrived in Galveston, Texas, with the news that enslaved people were freed by the Emancipation Proclamation of 1863.

Oxford residents gather in Uptown Park to celebrate Juneteenth

Local Oxford resident organizes first Juneteenth celebration

Brian Revere, an Oxford resident who has lived in town for two years, organized the city’s first large-scale Juneteenth celebration four years after it became a nationally recognized holiday.