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The 46th Consecutive Juneteenth Festival of Buffalo takes place June 19-20th coincides with New York State holiday. Author: Colleen Nossavage Updated: 5:35 PM EDT May 11, 2021 BUFFALO, N.Y. The 2021 Juneteenth Festival of Buffalo will once again be a virtual festival taking place June 19-20.  Festival organizers are planning for the two-day virtual event to be viewed on several media platforms including Facebook, YouTube, Zoom and www.JuneteenthofBuffalo.com.   Adding to the excitement of this year s festivities is the recognition by New York State of Juneteenth, June 19, as an official public holiday.   Juneteenth was originally celebrated June 19, 1865, when enslaved people in Texas learned that they d been free, since the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation, 2 1/2 years earlier. 

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