Elkton Virtual Juneteenth Celebration

Unity in the Community:  Elkton's First Virtual Juneteenth Celebration.  

Juneteenth honors the end to salvery in the United States and is considered the longest running nationally celebrated African American Holiday.  Date back to 1865, in was on June 19th that the Union soldiers, led by Major General Gordon Granger, landed at Galveston, Texas with news the war had ended and the enslaved were free.  The troops arrival came a full year and a half years after the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation.  

This event is a collaborative effort between the Town of Elkton, Mayor Alt, Elkton Juneteenth Committee, Residents of Elkton, local churches, community leaders and guest performers from around the globe.