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<\/a>\nJuneteenth started in\n<\/a>\nJuneteenth started in\n\nGalveston, Texas, where the news of the Emancipation Proclamation\narrived on the 19th<\/sup><\/small> of June, 1865.<\/a>\nThis year in Brooks County, Georgia, Juneteenth will be celebrated on\nSaturday the 18th<\/sup><\/small> of June from 8AM to 3PM at the\nBrooks County Courthouse.\n\nAccording to\n\nWCTV:<\/a>\n \nA DAY OF COMMUNITY HEALING & FELLOWSHIP; Musical medleys; Artifact\ndisplay; Heritage booths; Educational displays; Storytelling by Griots;\nGAMES* Bounce House*Checkers*Bingo*Comedy Zonks*Kinnect Tech Champ*\n \nBRING YOUR LAWN CHAIRS & BLANKETS; SIT DOWN; PUT YOUR FEET UP, SET\nA SPELL…IT’S A FAMILY CELEBRATION…This event is sponsored by the\nBrooks County Juneteenth Society, Inc. a non-profit organization formed to\nwork in harmony with our Community, Chamber of Commerce and Destination\nBrooks to restore, explore, and preserve African & Indian History in\nBrooks County. We promote tourism and good will for Brooks County and the\nGreater Valdosta Metropolitan Statistical Area. Proceeds benefit community\nrestoration, preservation and locan non-profits such as the Boys & Girls\nClub, All 4 Kids Future, Inc., South Georgia Foster & Adoptive Parents\nAssociation, Inc., Hilltop House, Inc., + many more.\nCall 229-269-3248 for further information.\n \nTHANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING\nAND UPLIFTING OUR COMMUNITY!! Voncell Pat Vance, CEO; Andre Gibbs,\nPresident. We love you!\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Juneteenth started in Galveston, Texas, where the news of the Emancipation Proclamation arrived on the 19th of June, 1865. This year in Brooks County, Georgia, Juneteenth will be celebrated on Saturday the 18th of June from 8AM to 3PM at the Brooks County Courthouse. According to WCTV: Brooks County Juneteenth Festival. The mission is to […]","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[40,266,3942],"tags":[1587,4404,8717,4403,484,8701,8878,1586],"class_list":["post-1917","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-community","category-festivals","category-juneteenth","tag-brooks-county","tag-celebration","tag-community","tag-emancipation","tag-family","tag-georgia","tag-juneteenth","tag-quitman"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p585fK-uV","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1917","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1917"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1917\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1917"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1917"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1917"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n\n
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<\/a>\nBrooks County Juneteenth Festival. The mission is to restore, explore and\npreserve African-Indian history in Brooks County Georgia. The purpose is\nto honor, cherish and acknowledge the sacrifices our ancestors suffered\nand endured to allow us the blessings we enjoy today. The theme is\n“Honoring Our Past to Celebrate Our Future”. Anyone interested in being\non committee, participating as vendor, performer or display an exhibit\nshould call.\n<\/blockquote>\nMore details from\n\nFannie Jackson in a facebook note dated 11 June 2011<\/a>:\n\n\n\nFEATURING…Mr. James “Jack Hadley” Founder Jack Hadley Black History\nMuseum from Thomasville, GA; Buffalo Soldiers National Ninth & Tenth\n(Horse) Cavalry Association from Thomasville, GA; and presenting\n“Organized Konfusion Contemporary Fusion Free Style Band” directed by C\nMark G Grant, II from Valdosta, GA; Greater Valdosta Metropolitan Praise\nDance Team featuring Ms. Bree-Naria Williams (10 years old); Ms. Alacia\nReynolds-Up & Coming Gospel artist out of Adel, GA; + MANY more!!\n