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The Solano Black Chamber of Commerce will host a Juneteenth celebration on Saturday, June 15 and Sunday, June 16 from 11:00 a.m. to 6 p.m. each day at Allan Witt Park in Fairfield. Officials say this will be the first countywide Juneteenth celebration, although other individual communities have held Juneteenth celebrations in the past. The SBCC has over 1000 members who come from all kinds of backgrounds, officials say, including non-black members. Juneteenth was made a federal holiday in 2021 by President Biden. The holiday commemorates the end of slavery in the United States, particularly the day when news of […]