MONCKS CORNER, S.C. (WCBD) – Moncks Corner Lodge #323 will hold its Juneteenth Parade on Friday afternoon.
Juneteenth is a federal holiday observed on June 19, commemorating the end of slavery in the United States. It marks the day in 1865 when Union troops arrived in Texas and announced that enslaved people were free, more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation was issued.
The name combines “June” and “nineteenth.”
A guide to what the Juneteenth holiday is and how to celebrate it
A parade held in Moncks Corner is one of many Juneteenth celebrations happening Friday. The route will begin at the Berkeley County School District’s parking lot on Main Street, before turning onto Miracle Park Drive and traveling down Wall Street to Cooper Street…