{"id":19879,"date":"2026-06-26T00:28:53","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T00:28:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/?p=19879"},"modified":"2026-06-26T00:29:19","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T00:29:19","slug":"the-7th-annual-toledo-juneteenth-celebration-at-glass-city-metropark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/26\/the-7th-annual-toledo-juneteenth-celebration-at-glass-city-metropark\/","title":{"rendered":"The 7th Annual Toledo Juneteenth Celebration at Glass City Metropark"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-19880\" src=\"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/a-1024x292.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"183\" srcset=\"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/a-1024x292.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/a-300x86.jpg 300w, http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/a-768x219.jpg 768w, http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/a-1536x438.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/a-2048x584.jpg 2048w, http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/a-370x106.jpg 370w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>By Dawn Scotland<\/em><br \/>\n<em>The Truth Reporter<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The 7<sup>th<\/sup> Annual Toledo Juneteenth Celebration was held at Glass City Metropark Friday, June 19<sup>th<\/sup>. The event, entitled \u201cThe Toledo Juneteenth Celebration: Past, Present, &amp; Future\u201d was hosted by Toledo&#8217;s Juneteenth Celebration (419TJC) and featured live music and entertainment, food trucks and vendors.<\/p>\n<p>The free event hosted from 3:30-9pm included\u00a0 visual arts installations, musical performances from soulful blues and traditional drumming to futuristic sounds, a tribal showcase featuring authentic storytelling and dance, and a food and vendor area to support local black owned businesses. There were activities for all ages to learn and celebrate the holiday together!<\/p>\n<p>To learn more about the organization visit their Facebook page @Toledo\u2019s Juneteenth Celebration.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Dawn Scotland The Truth Reporter The 7th Annual Toledo Juneteenth Celebration was held at Glass City Metropark Friday, June 19th. The event, entitled \u201cThe Toledo Juneteenth Celebration: Past, Present, &amp; Future\u201d was hosted by Toledo&#8217;s Juneteenth Celebration (419TJC) and featured live music and entertainment, food trucks and vendors. The free event hosted from 3:30-9pm [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":19881,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[250,17],"tags":[],"wf_post_folders":[353],"class_list":["post-19879","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","category-local"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19879","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19879"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19879\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19882,"href":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19879\/revisions\/19882"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19881"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19879"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19879"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19879"},{"taxonomy":"wf_post_folders","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wf_post_folders?post=19879"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}