The location of this small event, it turned out, was an old Black neighborhood that was changing over time as residents from different racial backgrounds and income levels moved in for the river views. Juneteenth festivities have long represented tucked-away spaces, deeply local, somewhat surprising and fitted to the variances of Black life in America. In other parts of the country, Black communities celebrated what they called Emancipation Day, keyed to a different historical timestamp. Many Black communities along the Atlantic seaboard celebrated Emancipation Day. There, Juneteenth will be celebrated in the historic building of another African Meeting House, which will have a bicentennial anniversary in 2025.

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Persons: General Gordon Granger’s, Jacqueline Jones, ”, Juneteenth Organizations: Black University of Michigan, West Indies, Atlantic, of, House, American, Heritage, Fund, National Trust for Historic Preservation Locations: boardinghouses, America, Galveston , Texas, West, Massachusetts, Caribbean, Black, Beacon Hill, Nantucket, Cape Cod, MAAH, New Guinea