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Northshore October 2025
For the very first year, Juneteenth is now an official state holiday in Massachusetts. While Juneteenth started out a century and a half ago as a Texan holiday, it’s been celebrated by Black Americans here in the Northeast for generations. Recognized on June 19, the holiday commemorates the day that the last formerly enslaved people were told they were free, in 1865 (three years after President Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation). After last year’s largely virtual Juneteenth celebrations due to the pandemic, communities all across the region are getting ready to observe the holiday with flag raising ceremonies, live performances, ba
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