{"id":313570,"date":"2026-06-19T21:57:15","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T21:57:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/313570\/"},"modified":"2026-06-19T21:57:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T21:57:15","slug":"coconut-grove-celebrates-juneteenth-with-food-performances","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/313570\/","title":{"rendered":"Coconut Grove celebrates Juneteenth with food, performances"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"responsive-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/MIA_104JuneteenthCGroveNEWPPP.JPG\"   width=\"1200\" height=\"674\" title=\"Coconut Grove residents Annette Hutchinson, Africa Andrews and Loretta Scippio-Whittle pose during the third annual Juneteenth Freedom Day Emancipendence Celebration at Elizabeth Virrick Park on Friday, June 19, 2026.\" alt=\"Long time Coconut Grove residents from left- Annette Hutchinson, Africa Andrews and Loretta Scippio-Whittle enjoyed the good weather during the 3rd Annual Juneteenth Freedom Day Emancipation celebration at the Elizabeth Virrick Park, that featured live music, cultural performances, storytelling, and community fellowship, on Friday June 19, 2026.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>        Coconut Grove residents Annette Hutchinson, Africa Andrews and Loretta Scippio-Whittle pose during the third annual Juneteenth Freedom Day Emancipendence Celebration at Elizabeth Virrick Park on Friday, June 19, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>                Pedro Portal<\/p>\n<p>            pportal@miamiherald.com<\/p>\n<p>Coconut Grove residents gathered Friday at Elizabeth Virrick Park to celebrate Juneteenth with live music, cultural performances and community fellowship.<\/p>\n<p>The third annual Juneteenth Freedom Day Emancipendence Celebration, presented by the Coconut Grove Ecumenical Network, was one of <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.miamiherald.com\/news\/local\/article316079023.html\">many events in South Florida<\/a> celebrating the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.miamiherald.com\/news\/local\/community\/miami-dade\/article316166872.html\">federal holiday<\/a> that recognizes when enslaved Black Americans in Galveston, Texas learned of their freedom on June 19, 1865.<\/p>\n<p>See photos from Friday\u2019s celebration:<\/p>\n<p>                                          <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"responsive-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/MIA_105JuneteenthCGroveNEWPPP.JPG\"   width=\"1200\" height=\"892\" title=\"MIA_105JuneteenthCGroveNEWPPP.JPG\" alt=\"Long time Coconut Grove residents Loretta Scippio-Whittle and Carolyn Donaldson posed ahead of a presentation on freedom, heritage, culture and unity presented by the Coconut Grove Ecumenical Network, during the 3rd Annual Juneteenth Freedom Day Emancipation celebration at the Elizabeth Virrick Park, that featured live music, cultural performances, storytelling, and community fellowship, on Friday June 19, 2026.\"\/>                                                                                    Coconut Grove residents Loretta Scippio-Whittle and Carolyn Donaldson posed ahead of a presentation on freedom, heritage, culture and unity during the third annual Juneteenth Freedom Day Emancipendence Celebration at Elizabeth Virrick Park on Friday, June 19, 2026.                                                                                            Pedro Portal                                                                            pportal@miamiherald.com                                                                                                                                  <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"responsive-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/MIA_103JuneteenthCGroveNEWPPP.JPG\"   width=\"1200\" height=\"811\" title=\"MIA_103JuneteenthCGroveNEWPPP.JPG\" alt=\"Long time Coconut Grove residents Mr. And Mrs. Curry enjoyed the good weather during the 3rd Annual Juneteenth Freedom Day Emancipation celebration at the Elizabeth Virrick Park, that featured live music, cultural performances, storytelling, and community fellowship, on Friday June 19, 2026.\"\/>                                                                                    Coconut Grove residents Mr. and Mrs. Curry enjoyed the good weather during the third annual Juneteenth Freedom Day Emancipendence Celebration at Elizabeth Virrick Park on Friday, June 19, 2026.                                                                                            Pedro Portal                                                                            pportal@miamiherald.com                                                                                                                                  <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"responsive-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/MIA_107JuneteenthCGroveNEWPPP.JPG\"   width=\"1200\" height=\"792\" title=\"MIA_107JuneteenthCGroveNEWPPP.JPG\" alt=\"Long time Coconut Grove residents mother and daughter Pam (left) and Kai Jennings enjoyed the good weather, during the 3rd Annual Juneteenth Freedom Day Emancipation celebration at the Elizabeth Virrick Park, that featured live music, cultural performances, storytelling, and community fellowship, on Friday June 19, 2026.\"\/>                                                                                    Longtime Coconut Grove residents Pam (left) and Kai Jennings enjoyed the good weather, during the third annual Juneteenth Freedom Day Emancipendence Celebration at the Elizabeth Virrick Park on Friday, June 19, 2026.                                                                                            Pedro Portal                                                                            pportal@miamiherald.com                                                                                                                                  <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"responsive-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/MIA_106JuneteenthCGroveNEWPPP.JPG\"   width=\"1200\" height=\"711\" title=\"MIA_106JuneteenthCGroveNEWPPP.JPG\" alt=\"Long time Coconut Grove residents Tiffany and Freddie Bell, owners of the Urban Fisherman food truck posed for a picture during the 3rd Annual Juneteenth Freedom Day Emancipation celebration at the Elizabeth Virrick Park, that featured live music, cultural performances, storytelling, and community fellowship, on Friday June 19, 2026.\"\/>                                                                                    Tiffany and Freddie Bell, owners of the Urban Fisherman food truck, posed for a picture during the third annual Juneteenth Freedom Day Emancipendence Celebration at Elizabeth Virrick Park on Friday, June 19, 2026.                                                                                            Pedro Portal                                                                            pportal@miamiherald.com                                                                                                                                  <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"responsive-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/MIA_109JuneteenthCGroveNEWPPP.JPG\"   width=\"1200\" height=\"787\" title=\"MIA_109JuneteenthCGroveNEWPPP.JPG\" alt=\"Long time Coconut Grove residents Tiffany Bell, owner of the Urban Fisherman food truck takes care of patrons during the 3rd Annual Juneteenth Freedom Day Emancipation celebration at the Elizabeth Virrick Park, that featured live music, cultural performances, storytelling, and community fellowship, on Friday June 19, 2026.\"\/>                                                                                    Tiffany Bell, owner of the Urban Fisherman food truck, takes orders during the third annual Juneteenth Freedom Day Emancipendence Celebration at Elizabeth Virrick Park on Friday, June 19, 2026.                                                                                            Pedro Portal                                                                            pportal@miamiherald.com                                                                                                                                  <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"responsive-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/MIA_102JuneteenthCGroveNEWPPP.JPG\"   width=\"1200\" height=\"667\" title=\"MIA_102JuneteenthCGroveNEWPPP.JPG\" alt=\"Tobias Thomas (top) and Jayceon Rodgers enjoyed the good weather at the pool during the 3rd Annual Juneteenth Freedom Day Emancipation celebration at the Elizabeth Virrick Park, that featured live music, cultural performances, storytelling, and community fellowship, on Friday June 19, 2026.\"\/>                                                                                    Tobias Thomas (top) and Jayceon Rodgers enjoy the good weather at the splash pad during the third annual Juneteenth Freedom Day Emancipendence Celebration at Elizabeth Virrick Park on Friday, June 19, 2026.                                                                                            Pedro Portal                                                                            pportal@miamiherald.com                                                                                                                                  <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"responsive-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/MIA_101JuneteenthCGroveNEWPPP.JPG\"   width=\"1200\" height=\"779\" title=\"MIA_101JuneteenthCGroveNEWPPP.JPG\" alt=\"Children and families enjoyed the good weather at the pool during the 3rd Annual Juneteenth Freedom Day Emancipation celebration at the Elizabeth Virrick Park, that featured live music, cultural performances, storytelling, and community fellowship, on Friday June 19, 2026.\"\/>                                                                                    Children and families enjoyed the good weather at the pool during the third annual Juneteenth Freedom Day Emancipendence Celebration at Elizabeth Virrick Park, that featured live music, cultural performances, storytelling, and community fellowship, on Friday, June 19, 2026.                                                                                            Pedro Portal                                                                            pportal@miamiherald.com                                                                                                                                  <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"responsive-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/MIA_100JuneteenthCGroveNEWPPP.JPG\"   width=\"1200\" height=\"717\" title=\"MIA_100JuneteenthCGroveNEWPPP.JPG\" alt=\"Children and families enjoyed the good weather at the pool during the 3rd Annual Juneteenth Freedom Day Emancipation celebration at the Elizabeth Virrick Park, that featured live music, cultural performances, storytelling, and community fellowship, on Friday June 19, 2026.\"\/>                                                                                    Children and families enjoyed the good weather at the splash pad during the third annual Juneteenth Freedom Day Emancipendence Celebration at Elizabeth Virrick Park on Friday, June 19, 2026.                                                                                            Pedro Portal                                                                            pportal@miamiherald.com                                                                                        <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Coconut Grove residents Annette Hutchinson, Africa Andrews and Loretta Scippio-Whittle pose during the third annual Juneteenth Freedom Day&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":313571,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[225,227,226],"class_list":["post-313570","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-hialeah","tag-hialeah","tag-hialeah-headlines","tag-hialeah-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313570","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=313570"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313570\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/313571"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=313570"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=313570"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=313570"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}