City of Houston Juneteenth Committee

Phone 832-393-0825
Email Kynetta.Moore@houstontx.gov
Website http://www.houstontx.gov/specialevents/juneteenth2018.html

Events from this organizer

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  • Mayor Turner’s Annual Acres Homes Juneteenth Parade

    Acres Homes Multi-Service Center 6719 W. Montgomery Rd., Houston

    Mayor Sylvester Turner’s Annual Acres Homes Juneteenth Parade on Saturday, June 16, 2018 at 10:00 a.m.

    The parade will begin at the Acres Homes Multi-Service Center located at 6719 W. Montgomery, travel north on W. Montgomery, west on Dolly Wright and conclude at Greater Zion Missionary Baptist Church located at 1620 Dolly Wright.

    Free

  • Emancipation Park Juneteenth Celebration

    Emancipation Park 3018 Emancipation Ave., Houston

    Emancipation Park's Juneteenth Celebration
    10 am - 5 pm
    Hosts: City of Houston and Emancipation Park Conservancy
    Location: Emancipation Park, 3018 Emancipation Avenue, Houston, Texas 77004

    EMANCIPATION PARK opened in the Third Ward in 1872, on a plot of land purchased for $800 by a group of former slaves. The opening took place nine years after president Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, and seven years after slaves were formally freed in Texas.

    Free