2023 Juneteenth Celebration
Mon, Jun 19
|Milwaukee
Milwaukee's celebration of Juneteenth has been running for over 50 years, making it one of the nation's oldest.
Time & Location
Jun 19, 2023, 8:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Milwaukee, W Center St & N Doctor M.L.K. Jr Dr, Milwaukee, WI 53212, USA
About the Event
Juneteenth Jubilee Parade and Street Festival
When: June 19 | 9-4p.m. Where: Parade route begins on 14th St. and Atkinson Ave. and ends on Dr. MLK Jr. Dr. and Locust St.
The 52nd annual Juneteenth parade in Milwaukee is themed "I Am Juneteenth." The parade will feature floats, dancers, bands and more. First, second and third places prizes are up for grabs for parade marchers.
MILWAUKEE, WI — When Monday comes around in Milwaukee, residents will be quick to find a parade and scores of events to mark Juneteenth, the day that the word of freedom reached the final enslaved people in Texas after the Civil War.
The June 19 national holiday marks the day in 1865, more than two years after President Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, when word finally reached the last enslaved people in Texas that the Civil War had ended, and they were free. Also known…