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<p style="font-size: 120%; margin-top: -5px; font-weight:bold;">June 15, 2023</p>
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<div style="font-size: 110%; line-height:150%;"><h1 style="clear:both; margin-top: 75px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-weight: bold; font-size: 130%;">Columbia celebrates Juneteenth with multiple events</h1>
<div class="content"><span style="padding-left: 50px;">(COLUMBIA, MO)</span> - The Columbia community will celebrate and commemorate the Juneteenth holiday with an array of events over the next week:<br /><br /><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Through June 30th</strong></span><br />Columbia Parks and Recreation is hosting a Juneteenth history display at the Armory, 701 E. Ash. The exhibit is free and open to the public, 8 a.m. - 6 p.m. on weekdays in June. Groups are welcome. <br /><br /><br /><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Friday, June 16th</strong></span><br /><br />-Extravagantly Lit - 2nd Annual Juneteenth Celebration for Small Businesses - The Armory, 701 E. Ash St. - 11 a.m. - 8 p.m.<br /><br />-Kick Off COMO Juneteenth at REDI, 500 E. Walnut Street 102 - 5:30 p.m. <br /><br />-Church Services at Fifth Street Christian Church, 401 N. Fifth Street - 7:30 p.m.<br /><br /><br /><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><s
trong>Saturday, June 17th</strong></span><br /><br />-Juneteenth Parade - Parade begins at 9 a.m. and runs down Broadway from Hitt St. to 4th St.<br /><br />-COMO Juneteenth Celebration at Douglass Park, 400 N. Providence Road - 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.<br /><br />-Extravagantly Lit - 2nd Annual Juneteenth Celebration for Small Businesses - The Armory, 701 E. Ash St. - 10 a.m. - 7 p.m.<br /><br />-Community Outreach Park Jam - Indian Hills Park, 5009 Aztec Blvd. - 11:30 a.m. - 11 p.m.<br /><br />-Juneteenth Freedom Day Celebration - Shelter Gardens, 1817 W. Broadway - 5 - 8 p.m.<br /><br /><br /><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong> Sunday, June 18th</strong></span><br /><br />-The Missouri Symphony Juneteenth Celebration at Missouri Theatre, 203 South 9th Street - 3 - 5 p.m.<br /><br /><br /><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Monday, June 19th</strong></span><br /><br />-Community Fun and Fellowship at Douglass Park, 400 N. Providence Road - 11
a.m. - 4:30 p.m.<br /><br />-The Village of Columbia Juneteenth Celebration - Cosmo Park (Nickell, Lamb and Burford Shelters), 1615 Business Loop 70 - 12 - 6 p.m.<br /><br /><br /><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Wednesday, June 21st</strong></span><br /><br />-Columbia Parks and Recreation’s Family Fun Fest: Juneteenth Jamboree - Cosmo Park, 1615 Business Loop 70 - 6-8 p.m.<br /><br />-Juneteenth PBS Short Film Screening, "Juneteenth Sesquicentennial," - The Armory, 701 E. Ash St. - 6-6:30 p.m.<br /><br /><br /><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Wednesday, June 28th</strong></span><br /><br />-Juneteenth PBS Short Film Screening, "African American Bell County Experience," - The Armory, 701 E. Ash St. - 6-6:30 p.m.</div>
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