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This festival celebrates freedom from slavery

Dancers with Ignite perform during the 7th annual Juneteenth Day Festival at the Midtown Greenway on Saturday, June 15, 2019. - photo by Austin Steele

06162019 JUNETEENTH 001.jpg — Dancers with Ignite perform during the 7th annual Juneteenth Day Festival at the Midtown Greenway on Saturday, June 15, 2019. - photo by Austin Steele

The Gainesville-Hall County Black History Society held its seventh-annual Juneteeth Festival on Saturday, June 15, at the Midtown Greenway Park, hosting a crowd of community members sharing their talents in the form of food, art and dance.