With Juneteenth just around the corner, the City of York announces “We Are Family” at Penn Park on Sunday, June 18, 2023, Noon to 7:00 pm. Families are invited to bring their grills and favorite cookout food along with lawn chairs and yard tents.
Register your family at ngaines@rosesymca.org. There is no cost to join what is meant to be a large community cookout. Vendors will be there too, including Kids Fun Zone, black-owned businesses, games and entertainment.
Juneteenth was declared a federal holiday in order to remember and celebrate the emancipation of American slaves. The date of June 19, 1865 – when the Union Army reached Texas and announced the freedom of slaves there – is the basis of June 19th date of Juneteenth.
WellSpan and Highmark Wholecare are sponsors of “We Are Family.”
