Gainesville residents celebrated a historic landmark of freedom Saturday with the annual Juneteenth Celebration of Freedom at the Midtown Greenway. The event marks the announcement of the end of the Civil War and enactment of the Emancipation Proclamation ending slavery in the U.S. on June 19, 1865. The annual festival included live music, vendor booths, poetry, speakers on history and health, voter registration and plenty of good food.