2014 Juneteenth Emancipation Celebration: Freedom Fest & Parade

Central Houston’s 2014 Juneteenth Emancipation Celebration marks 149 years of freedom, the 142nd celebration in Emancipation Park (currently hosted by Friends of Emancipation Park), and the 41st year of Juneteenth parades in Houston’s inner city!

The 2014 Parade will begin staging at TSU, at the corner of  Wheeler and Ennis heading west to Dowling;  then march  north on Dowling to Emancipation Park.  (1 mile) !

JUNETEENTH pays tribute to the announcement of the abolition of slavery in Texas by Union General Gordon Granger (and 2,000 federal troops) in Galveston, Texas in June of 1865–nearly 3 years after Abraham Lincoln had declared all slaves be freed.

In 1872, Freeman's town residents Jack Yates, Elias Dibble, Richard Allen & Richard Brock purchased 10 acres at Dowling & Elgin and dedicated "Emancipation Park"–the first public park in the state of Texas– as a place to celebrate their freedom, informally called “Juneteenth” and shortened way of saying “June 19th”.

Saturday, June 14 4-6pm
Parade from TSU to Emancipation Park

Free to walkers
Proceeds to benefit the Park

parade@juneteenthfest.com

Saturday, June 14,  4-8pm
Juneteenth Parade Freedom Fest
Emancipation Park, Free

Parade ends here with live Entertainment, food & Vendors on the Emancipation Park Baseball Field! !