Juneteenth Week

June 12, 2024 to June 15, 2024
Time: 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
More Information: https://www.gcv.org/event/juneteenth-week/

Celebrate Freedom’s Ring as we honor Juneteenth at Genesee Country Village & Museum! Juneteenth is considered the oldest celebration of the end of enslavement in the United States – and an official state holiday here in New York! We will spotlight the events, experiences, and people fundamental to our collective understanding and appreciation of freedom. The holiday is inspired by events that occurred on June 19, 1865, when Union troops brought the message of emancipation and the end of the Civil War to over 250,000 enslaved persons in Texas – more than two years after President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation.

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