The 2025 celebration of the Juneteenth holiday begins Saturday with the annual event at the Tampa Museum of Art, featuring live jazz and blues music, all-ages art making activities, a drum circle and gallery tours.
A highlight of the 11 a.m.-4 p.m. event: A reading of Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation.
Juneteenth is officially commemorated annually on June 19, as the anniversary of official end of slavery in the United States, in 1865. President Joe Biden signed the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act into law in 2021. Read more at www.stpetecatalyst.com.
