Juneteenth Celebration

Posted: 06.13.2009 at 10:43 PM

The city of Edinburg hosted a Juneteenth celebration on Saturday at the Restlawn Cemetery.

Juneteenth is normally celebrated on June 19th.

It celebrates the day that slaves in America were freed.

The NAACP hosted a reception after the ceremony at Restlawn.

The Restlawn Cemetery was one of the first in Hidalgo County that allowed African Americans to be buried there.

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