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Published:\u00a0June 17, 2026 at 11:15 AM<\/p>\n
Walk in the footsteps of history, then dance in celebration of a civil rights hero who shaped American culture. A day of community, commemoration, and joy!<\/p>\n
Jacksonville is invited to come out on Saturday June 20th at 8am for the JWJ Bday 5K. Runners and walkers of all ages will set off from James Weldon Johnson Park via the \u201cAlong This Way Race Route\u201d, which winds through the historic LaVilla neighborhood where James Weldon Johnson and his family once called home. The route includes a cheer station with music at Lift Ev\u2019ry Voice and Sing Park, the actual former home site of the brothers. The \u201cAlong This Way Race Route\u201d, meant to be run or walked at a \u201cParty Pace\u201d to enjoy interactive stations with stories of James Weldon Johnson\u2019s remarkable life. The journey ends where it began – back at JWJ Park – with a joyful Block Party featuring food trucks, games, champagne, DJ Rantz, and cupcakes courtesy of Noted Marketing.<\/p>\n
Every dollar raised goes directly to the Friends of James Weldon Johnson Park, the City\u2019s nonprofit partner devoted to preserving Jacksonville\u2019s oldest and most treasured park.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Food Trucks * DJ * Games * Cupcakes * History * Interactive Race Route * Prizes<\/p>\n
Register today at: tinyurl.com\/JWJBDay5k2026\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"RIVER CITY LIVE Published:\u00a0June 17, 2026 at 11:15 AM Walk in the footsteps of history, then dance in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":310547,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[116,118,117,129613],"class_list":["post-310881","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-headlines","tag-jacksonville-news","tag-jwj-bday-5k-sponsored-by-vystar"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/310881","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=310881"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/310881\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/310547"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=310881"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=310881"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=310881"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}