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Juneteenth Celebration Planned In Newtown Square
A Juneteenth celebration will be held at the Veterans Memorial in Newtown Square on June 19.
NEWTOWN SQUARE, PA — A Juneteenth celebration is planned to be held in Newtown Square.
The event will be held June 19 at the Veterans Memorial in Newtown Square from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Juneteenth marks the date when the final enslaved people in Galveston, Texas were made aware of the Emancipation Proclamation in 1865.
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The memorial is located at 4599 West Chester Pike in Newtown Square.
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