This past Saturday was Juneteenth. The annual holiday celebrates the freeing of the last of America’s enslaved people in 1865. We sent our producer Jonah Chester out to a Juneteenth celebration at Madison’s Penn Park to ask folks a simple — but difficult — question: What does Juneteenth mean to you?
PHOTO: A Juneteenth Parade makes its way from Fountain of Life Church to Penn Park
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