Saturday, June 17, 9am-4pm, Huber Park, 1640 Davidson Dr.

This free event for the entire family will include music and dance, food trucks, and fun games.

Schedule

9am: Live Entertainment: Jayion Fields

10am: 5K Unity in the Community Walk/Run (Register at columbusice.com)

10am: “Empower Our Youth Talent and Fashion Show” and a performance by the Reynoldsburg High School Dance Team

11am: Live Entertainment: Thiossane West African Dance

12noon: Main program hosted by Rodney Dunigan, Assistant News Director for ABC 6 and Fox 28 News; with featured speaker Commissioner Kevin Boyce

12:30pm: Talent Show hosted by the African American Male Wellness Walk

2pm: Live Entertainment: Harmonic Soul

Juneteenth is an annual holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the United States. Also referred to as Freedom Day, Jubilee Day and Emancipation Day. On June 19, 1865, the Union Soldiers led by Major Gen. Gordon Granger, landed in Galveston, Texas to make an announcement two and half years after President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation of Jan. 1, 1863. Essentially the soldiers proclaimed the executive orders that those who were enslaved were free. On June 17, 2021, President Joe Biden signed the bill into law making Juneteenth a national holiday.

Hosted by City of Reynoldsburg.