Gathering for the Juneteenth celebration
2024-06-17 - Taylor Co., KY - Photo by Linda Waggener
In this picture, the crowd was just coming in to their reserved tables around 6pmET Saturday, June 15, 2024, for the third annual Juneteenth black tie gala held at Swan's Landing in Campbellsville. Celebrations will be going on all around the state and country leading up to June 19th, the date in 1865 when Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger led Union soldiers into Galveston, Texas, bringing news that slavery in the United States had ended by executive decree. Comments | Permalink
2024-06-17 - Taylor Co., KY - Photo by Linda Waggener
In this picture, the crowd was just coming in to their reserved tables around 6pmET Saturday, June 15, 2024, for the third annual Juneteenth black tie gala held at Swan's Landing in Campbellsville. Celebrations will be going on all around the state and country leading up to June 19th, the date in 1865 when Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger led Union soldiers into Galveston, Texas, bringing news that slavery in the United States had ended by executive decree. Comments | Permalink