ALLENTOWN, Pa. — Allentown will mark Juneteenth with a free, daylong celebration Saturday at Cedar Beach Park, capping a weekend of music, sports and community events with a performance by Houston-based hip-hop artist AJ McQueen.
The celebration runs from noon to 9 p.m. at the park, 2600 Parkway Blvd., and is open to the public at no cost. It is organized by the City of Allentown in partnership with Blue Pulse Lounge, which curated this year’s entertainment lineup.
Juneteenth commemorates the end of slavery in the United States and became a federal holiday in 2021, the first new federal holiday since Martin Luther King Jr. Day…