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Vendors gather Saturday under a festival tent on the 2500 block of Martin Luther King Avenue SE to raise awareness about Juneteenth, community-building and faith organizations in D.C. (Darla Dunning / The Washington Times)

Juneteenth Festival in Southeast draws crowd of 500 people

By Darla Dunning - The Washington Times

Nebraska prison inmates celebrate freedom with Juneteenth

Associated Press

President Barack Obama gives some remarks about the importance of the National Park Service during an event near Cook's Meadow in Yosemite National Park, Saturday, June 18, 2016. (Craig Kohlruss/The Fresno Bee via AP)

Obama marks Juneteenth with call to ‘free modern-day slaves’

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times