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Gainesville and Alachua County hold monthlong Juneteenth celebration

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Florida Emancipation Day recognized as holiday at Tallahassee event

View Comments Juneteenth when Emancipation Day is celebrated nationally is taking a back seat in Florida to May 20, the day the Emancipation Proclamation was first read in Tallahassee. To honor the occasion, The Village Square, Leon County and the Tallahassee Democrat are partnering to reintroduce the importance of Florida s Emancipation Day during the annual Created Equal event. Florida Emancipation Day celebrates the day Union troops declared the Emancipation Proclamation effective across the state, thus signaling the freedom of enslaved people specifically across Florida. Though state statutes still recognize June 19 the official day of emancipation, historians have been advocating for May 20 to become the day recognized across Florida. Proponents say they simply want to be true to the day emancipation occurred in Florida and be specific to local history.

Living history frames Riley Museum s Emancipation Day celebrations

Living history frames Riley Museum s Emancipation Day celebrations Amanda Sieradzki View Comments In the early 2000s, the Riley Museum and the Knott House Museum came together to create a community-wide celebration for Florida’s Emancipation Day the day in Tallahassee when enslaved people in Southern states were declared freed.  The annual commemoration takes place on May 20 each year and includes a grave decorating ceremony in honor of John G. Riley’s reverent walks to the cemetery to honor United States Colored Troops soldiers. Instead of a walk through living history, there will be a drive-thru Living History Festival and Day in the Park on Saturday, May 8, 10 a.m.- noon, at Speed Spencer Stephens Park,1907 Saxon St. Historical reenactors will be engaged in activities of the era and attendees will be able to enjoy the festival from their vehicles. 

Poets for Freedom: A Leon County Emancipation Day poetry contest

Poets for Freedom: A Leon County Emancipation Day poetry contest and last updated 2021-04-30 14:40:03-04 TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WTXL) — Leon County Government invites citizens to recognize Florida s upcoming Emancipation Day on May 20 by participating in Poets for Freedom, a unique project featuring original poems on the topic of freedom. The program is organized by the LeRoy Collins Leon County Public Library System and will showcase submissions throughout the month of May. Poets must be aged 18 and older, The deadline for submissions is Friday, May 7. Florida Emancipation Day marks the first announcement of Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation in Leon County on May 20, 1865.

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