Atlanta’s Juneteenth parade will take off from the King Center – PeachtreeTV

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) – Although Juneteenth is a Wednesday, the 19th Atlanta Black History Parade will begin on Saturday!

The parade is part of the 12th annual Atlanta Parade and Music Festival. It starts near the King Center on Auburn Ave NE and ends at Piedmont Park, where the festival awaits.

The parade promises floats, flyovers, dance troupes, marching bands, dignitaries from every city in Georgia and much more, according to organizers. During this time, the festival will feature food vendors, musical performances, several competitions and cultural activities.

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Brad Lewis, one of the organizers, said the event was focused on young people, paving the way for an inclusive future.

“I think this is going to be a great opportunity for the larger melting pot in Atlanta,” he said. “It even pleases everyone because it’s a question of freedom.”

If you can’t figure it out, Atlanta News First has you covered. The parade will be broadcast on PeachtreeTV at noon.

PeachtreeTV is channel 17.1 live. If you’re on Dish Network or DirecTV, tune to channel 17. If you have Xfinity or Spectrum, find us on channel 7.

You can also stream the parade live on ANF+. Just search for “Atlanta News First” on Roku, FireTV, Apple TV or YouTubeTV. ANF+ will broadcast the parade twice: live at noon and rebroadcast at 8 p.m.

See the parade route:

Juneteenth, commonly known as Juneteenth, is a celebration of the end of slavery in the United States. President Joe Biden established it as a federal holiday in 2021.

On January 1, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation declared that slaves in rebel states were free. But in some regions, this order will not be a reality until years later.

On June 19, 1865, Union troops arrived in Galveston Bay, Texas, to spread the good news that more than 250,000 people in the state were free. Today this date is known as Juneteenth.

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