Crowds gathered along 42nd Street on Saturday as floats and performers at the Indy Juneteenth celebration honored Black history, culture and the end of slavery in the United States.
The parade was just the start. The celebration carried on through the day at the State Fairgrounds with live music, vendors, and fireworks planned for the evening. It was one of several events happening around the weekend.
Juneteenth marks June 19, 1865, when Union troops reached Galveston, Texas, and enforced the order freeing enslaved people in the Confederacy. It became a federal holiday in 2021…