Tag: juneteenth
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Juneteenth Festival helps Black business owners build a legacy
Black entrepreneurs in Colorado Springs celebrated their freedom this Juneteenth by giving back to the community that helped start their businesses. At least eight Black business owners set up shop this weekend at the Norris Penrose Event Center for the Colorado Springs Juneteenth Festival. To several of them, what they started isn’t just a business…
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This weekend’s Juneteenth Festival moves to new Colorado Springs location
The celebration of freedom is moving indoors this year. For the first time, Southern Colorado Juneteenth Festival attendees won’t be beaten down by the sun, rain, wind or hail, as the sixth annual event moves from last year’s outdoor location at The Citadel mall to Norris Penrose Event Center. The free festival is Saturday and…
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Pikes Pick: Work of Heart Tattoo celebrates Juneteenth with piercing and tattoo specials
Been thinking about getting a new piercing or tattoo for months? Is today the day you finally give in to a recurring impulse? Either way, Work of Heart Tattoo is hosting a Juneteenth celebration from 11 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Friday. The LGBTQ+ and woman-owned shop has specials on both piercings and tattoos for a…
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Juneteenth holiday belongs to the entire community | Rachel Stovall
Juneteenth is a national holiday now. It will be celebrated all over Colorado this weekend. Have you been to one of the celebrations yet? For those of you who don’t know the history of Juneteenth – On June 19, 1865, enslaved people in Galveston finally received word that freedom had come. That announcement came more than two years after the…
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EDITORIAL: Juneteenth recalls emancipation, exalts freedom
With today’s fifth official state observance of Juneteenth, a Colorado holiday signed into law by Gov. Jared Polis in 2022, Coloradans can come together in a celebration of realized freedom. Just under two weeks before the nation celebrates its 250th birthday, and Colorado celebrates its 150th anniversary of statehood, Juneteenth reminds us of fortitude. It’s…
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Music festivals, art shows and wine tastings across Colorado
FLATIRON SOUNDS MUSIC FESTIVAL: It’s a free day of live music, food and fun at Chautauqua Park’s Flatiron Sounds Music Festival. The event features performances by Neal Francis, Lindsay Lou, Armchair Boogie, Blessing Bled Chimanga and Pick & Howl, along with vendors, an artisan market and craft beer from 1 to 8 p.m. Sunday, 900…
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Celebrate freedom at these Juneteenth festivals in Colorado Springs
Juneteenth is Thursday, and there are several ways to celebrate here in the Springs. Also called Jubilee Day, this federal holiday commemorates the end of slavery in the U.S. It’s held annually on June 19, the same day Union troops arrived in Galveston Bay, Texas, back in 1865 to announce the freedom of more than…
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WATCH: Men of Influence pushes back against Juneteenth alert that had ‘no real factual basis’
Editor’s note: The Peterson Space Force Base Anti-Terrorism Office recently issued a security notice about an upcoming Juneteenth festival at The Citadel mall. A version of this story that appeared on Saturday incorrectly stated the security alert originated at the Air Force Academy and representatives with the academy agreed to pull it back. The Colorado…
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CSPD chief: Military warning about Juneteenth event at The Citadel had ‘no real factual basis’
Editor’s note: The Peterson Space Force Base Anti-Terrorism Office recently issued a security notice about an upcoming Juneteenth festival at The Citadel mall. An earlier incorrectly stated the security alert originated at the Air Force Academy and representatives with the academy agreed to pull it back. The Colorado Springs Police Department erred in attributing the…
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‘It’s for everybody’: Celebrate Juneteenth this weekend with 3 days of festivities
Even as it hailed down last year, 30,000 people came together to celebrate the Southern Colorado Juneteenth Festival. This year’s festival, organized by OneBodyEnt, is set to kick off Friday and continue through the weekend at America the Beautiful Park — with much better weather anticipated. The free, three-day festival will have nearly 80 vendors,…