JILL SCHRAMM/MDN Ty Washington and her daughter Trinity Washington wear decorative headgear at their booth where they were selling Juneteenth-related and other personally-made items at the celebration in Oak Park Saturday, June 20. The actual observance day on June 19 marks the day in 1865 when Union troops arrived in Galveston, Texas, to announce that the last enslaved people in the United States were free.

JILL SCHRAMM/MDN Felicia Tart watches her grandson, Promise Baker, color on art paper as she oversees a children’s art booth during the Juneteenth event in Oak Park Saturday, June 20. The event was sponsored by the Acacia Lodge #12. The Juneteenth Freedom Day in the Park included music, food, children’s activities and vendor and organizational booths. The event was free to the public.