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A SATURDAY MORNING PARADE IN THE STREETS OF GRAND PRAIRIE COMMEMORATES THE CITY'S ANNUAL JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION, A STATE HOLIDAY IN TEXAS SINCE 1979.
THAT BECAME A NATIONAL HOLIDAY IN 2021.
IT OFFICIALLY OBSERVES THE HISTORIC DATE OF JUNE 19TH, 1865 WHEN US ARMY GENERAL GORDON GRANGER READ THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION IN GALVESTON, OFFICIALLY ENDING SLAVERY IN TEXAS NEARLY TWO YEARS AFTER IT BECAME FEDERAL LAW.
HAPPY JUNETEENTH IN GRAND PRAIRIE, IT MEANS A WEEKEND OF CELEBRATIONS HIGHLIGHTED BY THE TRADITIONAL PARADE THROUGH THE HISTORIC DALWORTH NEIGHBORHOOD, AND ENDING AT THE NEWLY RENOVATED TYREE PARK WHERE IT'S AN AFTERNOON FULL OF FOOD, FELLOWSHIP AND FUN.
THAT INCLUDES A PROGRAM FEATURING SEVERAL CITY AND STATE OFFICIALS.
RECOGNITION OF THIS YEAR'S JUNETEENTH ESSAY CONTEST, SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS AND SPECIAL GUEST SPEAKERS AND PERFORMERS PAYING TRIBUTE TO A VERY SIGNIFICANT DATE IN THE HISTORY OF TEXAS AND AMERICA.
BUT WE UNDERSTAND THE MODUS OPERANDIS OF WHAT PRO EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION IS ALL ABOUT.
AND HERE IN THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE, WE CELEBRATE JUNETEENTH IN THE GRAND AND GREAT WAY.