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La alcaldesa Linda Gorton presentará los planes de celebración de Juneteenth 2026 de Lexington en una conferencia de prensa el jueves a las 11:30 a.m. en Charles Young Park, ubicado en 540 E. Third St., que será sede de uno de los eventos. El evento será transmitido en vivo por el canal de YouTube de la ciudad y contará con representantes de organizaciones de Juneteenth. Lexington ha realizado celebraciones expansivas de Juneteenth en años recientes, coordinando con organizadores de SoulFeast Week, una celebración de diez días de la cultura culinaria negra que destaca restaurantes, agricultores y chefs afroamericanos, con música en vivo, presentaciones culturales y actividades comunitarias.
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LEXINGTON, Ky. — Mayor Linda Gorton will outline the city’s Juneteenth celebration plans at a news conference Thursday at Charles Young Park, according to a press release from the City of Lexington Mayor’s Office.
The event will begin at 11:30 a.m. at the historic park, located at 540 E. Third St., which will serve as the site of one of the celebrations. Representatives from Juneteenth events are expected to participate in the announcement. The press conference will be livestreamed on the city’s YouTube channel.
Charles Young Park was named after the third African American graduate of West Point, honoring his legacy as the highest-ranked African American to serve in the segregated United States Army. The park’s community center, opened in 1935, was the first in Lexington for African Americans.
Lexington has hosted expansive Juneteenth celebrations in recent years. The city coordinates with organizers behind SoulFeast Week, a ten-day celebration of Black culinary culture, which highlights Black-owned restaurants, farmers, and chefs. Events typically include live music, cultural performances, food vendors, and community fellowship.
Juneteenth, also recognized as Emancipation Day, became an official federal holiday in 2021, and the June 19 holiday honors the day all enslaved people in the United States were legally freed.
This article was generated by AI (claude-haiku-4-5-20251001) from a press release emailed to [email protected] by City of Lexington Mayor’s Office, enriched with 3 web searches.
