June 21st
2025 Juneteenth Freedom Parade & Festival
- Admission: Free
- Location:
Morley Plaza - Between Johnson and Genesee Street -
133 North Washington Avenue
Saginaw, Michigan 48607 - Time:
12:00 PM to 5:00 PM - Email: saginawjuneteenthcelebration@gmail.com
- Phone: (989) 249-3802
Details
To celebrate the National Holiday Juneteenth in Saginaw we will have a Parade, downtown 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (line-up begins at 9:00 AM). Route starts at Saginaw Zoo, travels along Washington Avenue, and ends at the Old Farmers Market at Thompson Street.
The celebration continues with the Juneteenth Festival in Morley Plaza downtown, Saginaw from 12:00 - 5:00 PM.
*Juneteenth, short for 'June Nineteenth' marks the day when federal troops arrived in Galveston, Texas in 1865 to take control of the state and ensure all enslaved people are freed. They came a full two and a half years after President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation into law on January 1, 1863.
On June 17, 2021 Juneteenth became a federal holiday and honors the end of slavery in the United States.
