Juneteenth celebration planned at Olde City Park
A national holiday celebration for Juneteenth is open to individuals across the community to gather and celebrate freedom and the end of chattel sl...
A national holiday celebration for Juneteenth is open to individuals across the community to gather and celebrate freedom and the end of chattel slavery — the system that considered people as property to be bought and sold — at Olde City Park. The free event, now in its fourth annual iteration, will be hosted from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, June 17, two days before the federally recognized holiday is observed. The event is hosted through a collaboration between the Juneteenth Organization of Wylie, Credit Union of Texas, Wylie Police Department and the city of Wylie.