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Temperatures soar, but so does excitement for Juneteenth celebration

Visitors to the Rosa Parks Museum's Juneteenth celebration visit a vendor booth on Saturday. Nearly 2,500 people attended the event.

Visitors to the Rosa Parks Museum's Juneteenth celebration visit a vendor booth on Saturday. Nearly 2,500 people attended the event.

Shade, whether from the shadows cast by the surrounding buildings or the large tent that stretched down the middle of Montgomery Street, was in high demand on Saturday as Troy University’s Rosa Parks Museum held its seventh annual Juneteenth celebration.

Temperatures soaring into the middle to upper 90s did little to dissuade a crowd that…

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Troy University’s Rosa Parks Museum plans Juneteenth celebration for June 18

This year's Juneteenth celebration, set for June 18, will include free admission to the museum, entertainment, local vendors, and a children's area.

This year's Juneteenth celebration, set for June 18, will include free admission to the museum, entertainment, local vendors, and a children's area.

Troy University’s Rosa Parks Museum will hold its annual Juneteenth celebration on Saturday, June 18, featuring live performances throughout the day, local vendors and free admission to the museum.

The free event will take place in the 200 block of Montgomery Street, which runs in front of the museum, and will run from 11 a.m….

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Federal holiday designation fuels excitement around Museum’s Juneteenth celebration

In spite of heavy rain throughout the day, crowds still came out to celebrate Juneteenth at the Rosa Parks Museum's block party on Saturday.

In spite of heavy rain throughout the day, crowds still came out to celebrate Juneteenth at the Rosa Parks Museum's block party on Saturday.

In spite of steady rain on Saturday, there was an extra sense of excitement among those attending the Troy University Rosa Parks Museum’s Juneteenth Block Party on the Montgomery Campus.

Some of Saturday’s excitement stemmed from the return to an in-person event after the COVID-19 pandemic pushed last year’s commemoration online. Most of the excitement,…

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TROY’s Rosa Parks Museum to host block party Juneteenth celebration

The Juneteenth celebration will include vendors, musical entertainment, a children's area and free museum and children's wing admission.

The Juneteenth celebration will include vendors, musical entertainment, a children's area and free museum and children's wing admission.

After a year in which it held a virtual Juneteenth celebration in 2020, Troy University’s Rosa Parks Museum will once again bring its celebration to the streets with an in-person block party on Saturday, June 19.

The free event, held on the 200 block of Montgomery Street in front of the museum, will take place…

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