National Juneteenth Festival and Parade

Attendees will enjoy food, music, vendors, entertainment and more!

Juneteenth is also known as Juneteenth Independence Day or Freedom Day. The holiday commemorates the June 19, 1865 announcement of the abolition of slavery in Texas and more generally the emancipation of negro slaves throughout the Confederate South.

The National Juneteenth Observance Foundation (NJOF) of Alabama is more than 20 years old. The organization worked hard to make sure the state recognized the Juneteenth holiday. Now the NJOF works to make Juneteenth a National paid holiday. The group is always in need of volunteers and donations to support the many programs and initiatives. The National Juneteenth Observance Foundation, founded in 1994, recognizes the same colors found in the U.S. flag: red, white, and blue, showing that the formerly enslaved were and are Americans.