Join us for the La Mesa Juneteenth and Friends 2022 celebration, located at MacArthur park in La Mesa, on Sunday, June 19, 2022 from Noon to 4 p.m.!Everyone is invited to celebrate! Family fun activities! This event will include food, music, history, entertainment including the MLK Choir, step show dance groups, bounce house with slide, crafts, and family fun.RSVP NOWSupport this Inaugural Event!This La Mesa Juneteenth and Friends celebration is a grassroots community effort to bring the rich heritage, culture, and fun of Juneteenth to La Mesa, East County and the wider San Diego region. It cannot be done without enthusiastic community members. If you would like to be part of founding this inaugural Juneteenth event, please join us!
Juneteenth is the commemoration of the end of slavery specifically in Galveston, Texas, more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation was issued.