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Community invited to celebrate and participate in 4th annual Juneteenth parade
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WJBF) – The 4th annual Juneteenth Celebration Parade is happening on June 21st, at 11:00 a.m. Organizers are excited for people in the community to come out to the parade, and there's also activities happening afterwards. The Juneteenth Parade route will start at the James Brown Arena parking lot and proceed to Greene St. where it will turn left. Then right on to 10th St. and right on to Reynolds St. Finally the parade will turn right on 7th St., heading back to the James Brown Arena. After the parade there will be a Juneteenth Freedom Trail Ride at 2 p.m., at 4275 Old Waynesboro Road, Hephzibah, GA 30815. The organizers are still looking for people to participate in the parade so, we sat down with them to find out more about the event. ? 'Juneteenth is a time for us to celebrate the end of slavery, and we celebrate in multiple ways. We do festivals, we do religious services, family gatherings, we do parades, and we're doing a Juneteenth parade on June 21st and it's going to be in the downtown area. Following the parade we'll have a trail ride,' said Event Organizer Morris Porter.'I got the opportunity from Morris, he gave me a call, and he said 'hey, I know you do trail rides and got this great property, how would you feel about doing one for Juneteenth?' I said 'I'd love to do that, something that big in the community.' As soon as he told me, I was on board,' said Organizer, Davon Wallace'We got to have ATV's, because we already have the ATV park out there, we got to have the cowboys come out, we needed music, so we got some DJ's, talked to some of the local steppers so they can get out and do their steps. Everyone will go out, we'll get on the trail together, ATV's and t he cowboys. After that we'll have plenty of entertainment, we have some people coming out to perform, we have some spoken word, we have plenty of things to do for the kids, we're going to have plenty of food out there. We'll have so many vendors, and we're going to have vendors of all types, and just food, clothing too. We're going to try and do a cookoff,' said Wallace.'It's celebrating freedom for all people, that's the first thing and it's an opportunity for the community to come out, and learn more about the holiday, and just come together as one. What we're looking for is we want families to participate in this parade, we want organizations, we want the churches, we want everyone to come out and be a part of the celebration of this historical day,' said Porter.'They can go by Laney Museum and pick up an application or they can contact me via email, text message, or social media. Just shoot me your email address and I'll send you an application,' said Porter. If you're interested in participating in the Juneteenth Parade you can reach out to on social media, or head over to the Lucy Craft Laney Museum of Black History for an application. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
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08-05-2025
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A state historical marker to be placed at Harmony Baptist Church
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WJBF)- A state historical marker will be unveiled in Augusta – honoring a man who was a trailblazer during his time. The Lucy Craft Laney Museum of Black History, in partnership with the Georgia Historical Society and Pamplin College at Augusta University will be hosting the big ceremony. Two of them got accepted here in Augusta and students out of Pamplin College of AU have been waiting for this moment. It will honor Rev. Dr. William Jefferson White. He was a religious and civil rights leader who lived most of his life in Augusta. He wore many hats like starting the Augusta Institute, now Morehouse College. In 1880, he established Augusta's Ware High School and 'Georgia Baptist', a weekly African American newspaper that covered religious and civil rights issues. AU's Dr. Melissa DeVelvis and her students started the process for the marker 2 years ago. 'It goes to the Committee for the Georgia Historical Society. They get like at least 30 applications every year. They pick around six. And we were one of them. And it's not only just us, the congregation, Children of Israel Synagogue downtown also got one this year. And so a month after ours. Yeah. So August, they got to state historic markers this year, which is super cool,' said DeVelvis. The unveiling will take place at Harmony Baptist Church on Hopkins St at 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
