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Northshore October 2025
When Lynn native Nicole Mcclain was young, she remembers heading to Franklin Park in Dorchester each year to celebrate Juneteenth. The holiday commemorates the day that the last enslaved Black Americans were finally emancipated: June 19, 1865. What originated as a celebration of freedom among Black Americans in Texas in the nineteenth century is now a day of lively festivities among Black communities. Some cities celebrate with parades or concerts—Boston celebrates with an “oversized cookout” in Franklin Park, full of soul food, dancing, laughing, and family.  “As I got older, I was wondering why we didn’t have a Juneteenth
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