A Juneteenth parade celebrating the contributions of African Americans to the city and to the world took place Saturday on Chicago's West side.

As crowds gather on Mall C in downtown Cleveland for a daylong celebration of Juneteenth, the city is once again honoring the day in 1865 when the last enslaved Black Americans in Texas were finally freed — more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation.

Join the West Hartford community on June 14th to celebrate the 5th Annual CommUNITY Juneteenth Celebration located at West Hartford Town Hall. We have an exciting day filled with great entertainment, family activities, immersive art experiences, powerful speakers, and local vendors. We need your support and sponsorship to make this year successful!

We want people to come out today and celebrate, not just celebrate us, but celebrate themselves. Celebrate our history and celebrate their history too,”

Juneteenth, which will be officially celebrated on Thursday with school and bank closures, honors the date of June 19, 1865, which marked the effective end of slavery in the United States — even though the Emancipation Proclamation was issued more than two years prior in 1863.

A festival celebrating the end of slavery in the United States will kick off its seventh year in Humboldt County this week. Organizers are preparing for three days of Juneteenth celebrations —

The sounds of soul, R&B, jazz and reggae could be heard Saturday afternoon around the SteelStacks complex, as people gathered to enjoy a Juneteenth festival. Juneteenth Lehigh Valley, an organization honoring the holiday that memorializes the day Black enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, were freed in 1865, put on the festival celebrating freedom.

Hundreds of people across San Antonio made their way to Sam Houston High School and Comanche Park on Saturday to celebrate Juneteenth five days early.

Troy University's Rosa Parks Museum held its 10th annual festival Saturday, with more celebrations on the horizon.