Plans are being made for a month-long celebration in June that will once again feature three parades, picnics, parties, and plenty of family and adult-oriented fun.
Twelve years ago, Marie Brown began promoting the Juneteenth holiday with a South Monroe parade and picnic. The Louisiana Legislature, in 2003, paid homage to the celebration but did not declare it a holiday. Brown and the residents of Richwood didn’t wait on a holiday; annually, they celebrated June 19, which was the day the news about slavery’s end finally reached the slaves in Texas, with separate festive activities.
There was a…
