Mark Van Allen

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OKC’s Juneteenth on the East welcomes performers, local vendors, and even hosts a live mural creation. Photo courtesy Juneteenth on the East Freedom. Emancipation. Liberation. Juneteenth commemorates the end of slavery in the United States, which officially took place in Texas on June 19, 1865. Only recognized as a federal holiday starting in 2021, Juneteenth became the first new federal holiday since Martin Luther King Jr. Day was adopted in 1983.