Gary Coronado / Los Angeles Times / Getty Images Updated 1008 GMT (1808 HKT) June 20, 2022 Members of the Victory Dancers Crenshaw District dance troupe perform at the Leimert Park Juneteenth Festival on Saturday, June 18 in Los Angeles, California. Gary Coronado / Los Angeles Times / Getty Images People from all over the United States gather for parades, parties, and performances to celebrate the June holiday weekend. The Juneteenth commemorates June 19, 1865, when Major General Gordon Granger announced the end of slavery in Galveston, Texas, according to President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation in 1863.
