{"id":19898,"date":"2026-06-26T00:37:48","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T00:37:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/?p=19898"},"modified":"2026-07-16T16:55:23","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T16:55:23","slug":"juneteenth-weekend-events-begin-with-a-parade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/26\/juneteenth-weekend-events-begin-with-a-parade\/","title":{"rendered":"Juneteenth Weekend Events Begin with a Parade"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-19899 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/The-Qs-lead-the-Juneteenth-Parade-300x175.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"175\" srcset=\"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/The-Qs-lead-the-Juneteenth-Parade-300x175.jpg 300w, http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/The-Qs-lead-the-Juneteenth-Parade-370x216.jpg 370w, http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/The-Qs-lead-the-Juneteenth-Parade.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>The Truth Staff<\/p>\n<p>What a celebration Juneteenth has turned into over the past decade. This Juneteenth celebration was the biggest yet as a variety of organizations \u2013 Toledo Museum of Art, the Metroparks, City of Toledo, the NAACP, among others \u2013\u00a0 held events, free events, for the community.<\/p>\n<p>Those events began on Friday with the fourth annual Juneteenth Parade and Ceremony. The parade began at 1 p.pm. at Uptown Green, proceeded down Adams Street toward the river and ended at Promenade Park where a Juneteenth Celebration continued with food trucks, resources for the community and activities for kids.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the Toledo Chapter NAACP held its own celebration with vendors, food trucks and live entertainment at the Inez Nash Park site.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-19898 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-medium'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/26\/juneteenth-weekend-events-begin-with-a-parade\/img_5943\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"179\" src=\"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_5943-300x179.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" 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