{"id":19869,"date":"2026-06-26T00:20:44","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T00:20:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/?p=19869"},"modified":"2026-06-26T00:22:35","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T00:22:35","slug":"toledo-museum-of-art-celebrates-juneteenth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/26\/toledo-museum-of-art-celebrates-juneteenth\/","title":{"rendered":"Toledo Museum of Art \u00a0Celebrates Juneteenth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-19870 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_6000-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_6000-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_6000-370x247.jpg 370w, https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_6000.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>By Dawn Scotland<\/em><br \/>\n<em>The Truth Reporter<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Friday June 19<sup>th<\/sup> the Toledo Museum hosted a daylong Juneteenth celebration from 11am- 5pm. 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