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Juneteenth festival this Saturday

Howard Henny serves fried fish as a previous Juneteenth celebration.

Juneteenth - Howard Henny.jpg — Howard Henny serves fried fish as a previous Juneteenth celebration.

Juneteenth, short for June Nineteenth, is a 156-year-old holiday celebrating the emancipation of those who had been enslaved in the United States.

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