The smell of barbecue wafted through the air and Taylor Park bustled with people on Sunday, June 19 at a community organized Juneteenth cookout, co-sponsored by the Village of Oak Park. The holiday commemorates the date, June 19, 1865, when a U.S. Army general read orders in Galveston, Texas that the Civil War had ended, […]
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