The fourth annual Juneteenth Celebration & Resource Fair organized by Los Angeles County Supervisor Holly J. Mitchell will run from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday at Victoria Community Regional Park in Carson.
Free parking will be available at Lot 11 at Dignity Health Sports Park. A free shuttle service will run every 15 minutes from 3:30 to 8:30 p.m.
A Juneteenth celebration and concert will be at Polliwog Park in Manhattan Beach from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday with food and vendors.
A Juneteenth Celebration at Val Verde Community Park in Castaic will begin at 11 a.m. Saturday and include music and food.
Juneteenth marks the anniversary of Union Army Gen. Gordon Granger reading General Order No. 3 in Galveston, Texas on June 19, 1865, which began, “The people of Texas are informed that, in accordance with a proclamation from the Executive of the United States, all slaves are free,” referring to Emancipation Proclamation, issued by President Abraham Lincoln on Sept. 22, 1862, declaring all slaves free in Confederate territory.
Juneteenth became a federal holiday on June 17, 2021, when President Joe Biden signed the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act into law.