530PM: Boynton Beach Mayor Steven Grant leads Juneteenth celebration

The mayor of Boynton Beach led the community on Friday to celebrate the liberation of those who were held as slaves in the United States.

DELIVERED THE NEWS TO SLAVESIN GALVESTON TEXAS THATPRESIDENT ABRAHAM LINCOLNFREED SLAVES.

A MOMENTCOMMEMORATED EACH YEAR ON THISDAY... JUNETEENTH.

THIS YEARTHE DATE TAKES ON ADDEDSIGNIFICANCE WITH THE NATIONALCONVERSATION ON RACIALINJUSTICE.

AS MIRANDACHRISTIAN SHOWS US - A SOUTHCOUNTY CELEBRATION TODAYHELPED BRING THE COMMUNITYTOGETHER.MC:3.20 THIS IS THE FIRSTJUNTHEENTH CELEBRATION LIKETHIS IN BOYNTON BEACH.COMMUNITY MEMBERS HOPE THIS ISTHE TART OF A NEW ANNUALTRADITION WITH HELP FROM THETRADITIOHEWITH HELP FROM THEMAYOR OF BOYNTON BEACHFIRST JUNETEENTH CELEBRATIONOF FREEDOM EVENT WAS HELD ONMARTIN LUTHER KING BOULEVARDIN THE HEART OF BOYNTON BEACH.41.08 I LEARNED ABOUTJUNETEENTH A FEW MONTHS AGOAND AFTER THE DEATH OF GEORGEFLOYD I REALIZED THAT I NEEDEDTO DO SOMETHING FOR THECOMMUNITY TO LET THEM KNOW WECELEBRATE THEIR INDEPENDENCEIN THE US MAYOR STEVEN GRANTSAYS BOYNTON STRONG ANDSEVERAL OTHER COMMUNITYSPONSORS HELPED PUT TOGETHERTHE FREE EVENT.

IRWIN CINEUSWITH BOYNTON STRONG SAYS THISIS AN OPPORTUNITY TO BRING THECOMMUNITY TOGETHER ANDREMEMBER THAT THERE IS STILLRACISM IN 2020 29.19 WE ARETALKING 1865, 1960STILL FIGHTING FOR CIVILRIGHTS AND IN 2020 WE ARESTILL TALKING ABOUT GEORGEFLOYD PEOPLE COMING TO THEEVENT COULD FILL OUT A SURVEYTO HELP THE CITY UNDERSTANDWHAT INDIVIDUALS NEED HELPWTIH IN THE COMMUNITY 41.36LAPTOPS, COMPUTERS, INTERNET,CHILDCARE AND EMPLOYMENTOPPORTUNITIES, BECAUSE WE NEEDTO BRING UP THE COMMUNITY SOMECOMMUNITY MEMBERS HAVE CREATEDA NEW COMMUNITY REVIEW BOARDTO HELP KEEP EVENTS LIKE THISHAPPENING&AND CONTINUE THECONVERSATIONS HAPPENING TODAY46.17 WE ARE COMING TIGHTERFOR UNITY AND COMMUNITY ANDBEING A COLLECTIVE VOICE FORWHERE THE CITY GOES IN BB MCWPTV NC5.CATCHING RAYS AMID THECORONAVIRUS.

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