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Photos: celebrations on June 16 in America

Members of the Victory Dancers Crenshaw District dance team will perform at the Leimert Park Juneteenth Festival on Saturday, June 18, in Los Angeles, California.

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Updated at 10:08 GMT (1808 HKT) on June 20, 2022

Members of the Victory Dancers Crenshaw District dance team will perform at the Leimert Park Juneteenth Festival on Saturday, June 18, in Los Angeles, California.

Gary Coronado / Los Angeles Times / Getty Images

People in the United States gather for parades, parties, and performances to celebrate the June 10 holiday weekend.

Juneteenth marked June 19, 1865, when Union Major General Gordon Granger declared an end to slavery in Galveston, Texas, in accordance with President Abraham Lincoln’s 1863 proclamation of emancipation.