juneteenth is the oldest known celebration of the ending of slavery. it is a day dedicated to the celebration of african american freedom. i learned about this when i was in cleveland, ohio while going to school for social work. they did a lot at case western to educate us on diversity and different perspectives. i was suprised to learn at age 24 of a holiday that i had never known about but that was so widely known in other communities and part of our nation’s history.