PHOTOS: Stone Mountain hosts city's first Juneteenth celebration

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PHOTOS: Stone Mountain hosts city's first Juneteenth celebration

This year was Stone Mountain Village's first formal celebration of the new federal holiday that marks the end of slavery.

Trina Jackson (center) celebrates with song in Stone Mountain Village during the Juneteenth Festival on Main Street on Saturday, June 19, 2021. This year was the city's first formal celebration of the new federal holiday to mark the end of slavery. (Photo: Jenni Girtman for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Stone Mountain Village held its first formal celebration of Juneteenth on Main Street with residents, performers and vendors braving the weather Saturday, June 19, 2021. (Photo: Jenni Girtman for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Stone Mountain celebrates Juneteenth on Main Street with music and festivities and vendors braving the weather Saturday, June 19, 2021. This year was the city's first formal celebration of the new federal holiday that marks the end of slavery. (Photo: Jenni Girtman for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

As the Shermantown Choir begins its performance, 3-year-old Naya Propst (from left) reacts while her father, Shannon Propst, makes sure she has a good view as her mother, Shanna, and 8-year-old sister, Ashton, celebrate Juneteenth in Stone Mountain Village on Saturday, June 19, 2021. (Photo: Jenni Girtman for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

The Shermantown Choir performs “We Shall Overcome” at Stone Mountain Village’s first formal Juneteenth festival on Main Street despite the inclement weather Saturday, June 19, 2021. (Photo: Jenni Girtman for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

At Stone Mountain Village’s celebration of Juneteenth, 7-year-old Omari Johnson is trying to catch raindrops during the festival on Main Street where choirs performed and vendors braved the weather Saturday, June 19, 2021. This year was the city's first formal celebration of the new federal holiday to mark the end of slavery. (Photo: Jenni Girtman for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Brittany Holloway (center in white) of Lithonia is a small business owner who started her skin care business Blackbird Natural a year ago to mark the date for herself, and is now celebrating with song and celebration in Stone Mountain Village during the first formal Juneteenth festival on Main Street on Saturday, June 19, 2021. (Photo: Jenni Girtman for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Stone Mountain Village celebrates Juneteenth on Main Street with music, celebration and vendors braving the weather Saturday, June 19, 2021. This year was the city's first formal celebration of the new federal holiday to mark the end of slavery. (Photo: Jenni Girtman for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Umbrellas were abundant as Stone Mountain Village celebrated Juneteenth amid the rainy weather on Saturday, June 19, 2021. Mallory Stallings and Kenneth White came from Athens to join the celebration. (Photo: Jenni Girtman for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

At Stone Mountain's first Juneteenth celebration, Johnnie Collins looks after her great-great-granddaughter Naiya Around, 4, as she finishes up her ice cream on Main Street on Saturday, June 19, 2021. (Photo: Jenni Girtman for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Stone Mountain celebrates Juneteenth on Main Street with music and celebrating and vendors braving the weather Saturday, June 19, 2021. This year was the city's first formal celebration of the new federal holiday that marks the end of slavery. (Photo: Jenni Girtman for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Stone Mountain Mayor Patricia Wheeler (left) and Kemarkus Dunn, 18, head toward the gazebo to begin the Juneteenth festival on Main Street with music, celebrating and vendors braving the weather Saturday, June 19, 2021. (Photo: Jenni Girtman for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

This year was the city of Stone Mountain's first formal celebration of Juneteenth, the new federal holiday that marks the end of slavery. (Photo: Jenni Girtman for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

This year was the city of Stone Mountain's first formal celebration of Juneteenth, the new federal holiday that marks the end of slavery. (Photo: Jenni Girtman for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

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Trina Jackson (center) celebrates with song in Stone Mountain Village during the Juneteenth Festival on Main Street on Saturday, June 19, 2021. This year was the city's first formal celebration of the new federal holiday to mark the end of slavery. (Photo: Jenni Girtman for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

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