Juneteenth was celebrated last year with dance and song.

Commissioner Aaron Castillo, Mayor Danise “DeeDee” Henriquez, and the entire City Commission, during the June meeting, declared June 19th as Juneteenth Independence Day.
The celebration is in honor of the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation, which freed enslaved Americans. The proclamation was signed by President Abraham Lincoln in 1865.
In 1866, Black Americans began commemorating the signing with the Juneteenth Celebration.
Florida has commemorated Juneteenth since 1991, and in 2021 President Joe Biden signed into law the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act, creating a federal.
“On May 18th, 2022,” reads the proclamation, “the City of Key West added Juneteenth as an official day of observance and celebrates the growth of the United States as an international symbol of democracy with freedom and justice for all.”
The community will be gathering on Thursday, June 19th at 9 a.m. at the African Burial Grounds at Higgs Beach to celebrate and honor Black American heritage.
City offices will be closed in observance of Juneteenth.

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