‘Juneteenth freed the people’: Polk County community commemorates Juneteenth

POLK COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) — Juneteenth became a federal holiday on June 17, 2021, but it has been observed by various groups in Polk County for more than three decades.

“I was introduced to Juneteenth on a trail ride, horseback ride,” Doris Moore Bailey said.

Moore Bailey said it was the 1970s, and she was in college in Texas…

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