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Event Blends History With Family Fun; St. Mary's Juneteenth Celebration Honors African American Heritage
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The Washington Post
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June 26, 2008
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The Juneteenth celebration unfolded Saturday in St. Mary's County
at the base of the African American Monument in Lexington Park.
Organizers of the fifth annual event said the monument reflects
the grass-roots origins of the celebration, which is staged in
Freedom Park.
"To have Juneteenth at the site of the African American Monument
is very important, and we want to recognize that African American
history is important to everybody," said Mike Brown, director of the
event and a member of the Unified Committee for Afro-American
Contributions, the principal organizer of the free celebration.
The monument "was put together with individual hands. No mass
production of anything," said Brown's ...