Juneteenth celebrations in the suburbs
Juneteenth celebrations took place in several suburbs Friday. Juneteenth celebrates the day all slaves in Texas were proclaimed free on the 19th of June, 1865.
54 African flags were loaned to drivers for a Juneteenth African Festival of Flags car parade in Elgin Friday evening.
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Elgin Activist Marcus Banner, right, greets supporters and hands out flags at the Juneteenth African Festival of Flags car parade in Elgin Friday evening. Each of the 54 flags represented an African nation.
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A Juneteenth African Festival of Flags car parade in Elgin Friday evening included 54 African nation flags.
John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com
Gloria McCarthy of Elgin, whose stage name is Gina East, holds one of 54 flags for the Juneteenth African Festival of Flags car parade in Elgin Friday evening.
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People gather in a parking lot on McLean Blvd. for a Juneteenth African Festival of Flags car parade in Elgin Friday evening.
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A young girl watches as people gather for a Juneteenth African Festival of Flags car parade in Elgin Friday evening.
John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com
A Juneteenth African Festival of Flags car parade in Elgin Friday evening included 54 African nation flags.
John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com
A Juneteenth African Festival of Flags car parade fills Kimball St. from Dundee Rd. to Rt. 31 in Elgin Friday evening.
John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com
A fist rises from a sunroof during a Juneteenth African Festival of Flags car parade in Elgin Friday evening that included 54 African nation flags.
John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com
Lombard's Katie Shannon smiles at Carlise Arce, 3, of Chicago at the First Presbyterian Church in Arlington Heights on Friday as they held their first outdoor socially-distanced Juneteeth remembrance in their history.
Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
The First Presbyterian Church in Arlington Heights on Friday held their first outdoor socially-distanced Juneteeth remembrance in their history. Approximately 75 people including Clyde Brooks who is the chairman of the Arlington Heights based Illinois Commission on Diversity and Human Relations was in attendance.
Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
Roughly 200 people march Friday in downtown Naperville as part of a Juneteenth observance.
ROBERT SANCHEZ/bsanchez@dailyherald.com
A Juneteenth African Festival of Flags car parade fills Kimball St. from Dundee Rd. to Rt. 31 in Elgin Friday evening.
John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com
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