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Juneteenth Observance

Image description: Juneteenth flag, full description below
Image description: Juneteenth flag, the top half is a navy-blue background, the bottom half is a red background that rises in a small crest above the midline. A white five-pointed star is in the middle, surrounded by a white accordion sunburst frame with 12 points. The date being commemorated, June 19, 1865, is written in white vertically from the bottom to the top of the right side of the flag.
Event Date: 
Saturday, June 19, 2021 - 10:00am

Join us for morning coffee and Holbrook’s first observance of the Juneteenth holiday this Saturday, June 19, 2021 at 10:00 a.m. in the Mary Wales Park next to Town Hall (50 North Franklin Street, Holbrook, MA 02343). We will gather to commemorate this historic day, recently adopted as a Federal holiday, with a reading of a brief history of the date and a poem by Carol Boston Weatherford. The Holbrook Rotary Club will provide coffee, hot chocolate, and water. Information about the developing Diversity & Inclusion Committee will be available for anyone interested in getting involved.

Image description: Juneteenth flag, the top half is a navy-blue background, the bottom half is a red background that rises in a small crest above the midline. A white five-pointed star is in the middle, surrounded by a white accordion sunburst frame with 12 points. The date being commemorated, June 19, 1865, is written in white vertically from the bottom to the top of the right side of the flag.