“All are Welcome,” read a bright red and white sign under the words “Freedom Fest.” As attendees were ushered into Bo Diddley Plaza Saturday afternoon, they were met with live music, food and family-oriented fun to continue Gainesville’s month-long Juneteenth celebration.
Freedom Fest was part of the 2025 Florida Emancipation Celebration and one of the final events in Gainesville’s “Journey to Juneteenth.”
Juneteenth is a commemoration of June 19, 1865, when enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, were informed of their freedom, more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation…