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Posted: 10:09 a.m. Friday, June 7, 2013

Juneteenth celebration in Marietta

By Hannah Chandler Morgan

The Cobb NAACP and the city of Marietta will host a Juneteenth celebration June 15 from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. on the Marietta square. The event will include food, family activities, music and history. There will also be a free jazz concert in the square on June 14 from 7 to 11 p.m.. Juneteenth, or June 19, 1865, is celebrated as the date the last slaves in America were freed.

Questions: Cobb NAACP, 770-425-5757.

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