Lafayette County Juneteenth Foundation
Arron Haynes, Chairperson
Deborah May, Assistant Chairperson
Teresa Habernal, Secretary
Ronald Cole, Treasurer
Assistant Chairperson
The 6th annual Juneteenth Celebration will be held on Saturday, June 18 Th at Fairground Park in Higginsville, Mo. This year’s celebration theme is “Strong Communities Working Together”.
Juneteenth or June 19th is considered the date when the last slaves in America were freed. Dating back to 1865, it was on June 19th that the Union soldiers led by Major General Gordon Granger, landed at Galveston, Texas with news that they war had ended and that the enslaved were now free. This was two years after President Abraham Lincoln’s signing of the Emancipation Proclamation had become official January 1, 1863.(Juneteenth.com).
This celebration is sponsored by the Lafayette County Juneteenth Foundation, whose mission is to develop and implement a one day festival that promotes the celebration of family, celebrates African American freedom and cultivates mutual economic participation countywide with the business community and other not-for-profit entities.
The Celebration will be held from 10:00 a.m. until approximately 6:00 p.m. The parade will start downtown Higginsville and end at the park. If your group is interested in participating in the parade please contact Mrs. Mary Turner, Parade Chairperson, at (816) 263-2294, as soon as possible, for detailed information.
Souvenir booklets will also be sold at the celebration.
We look forward to seeing you on Saturday, June 19th at Fairground Park in Higginsville to help us celebrate JUNETEENTH.
