{"id":272996,"date":"2026-06-21T05:46:15","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T05:46:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/272996\/"},"modified":"2026-06-21T05:46:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T05:46:15","slug":"news-12-westchester-yonkers-celebrates-freedom-and-community-at-juneteenth-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/272996\/","title":{"rendered":"News 12 | Westchester | Yonkers Celebrates Freedom And Community At Juneteenth Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">Juneteenth celebrations\u00a0continued in Westchester\u00a0County\u2019s largest city\u00a0on Saturday, as a festival in\u00a0Yonkers\u00a0brought the community together in a powerful show of culture, unity and\u00a0reflection.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">The annual Juneteenth Community Festival at JFK Marina highlighted African American heritage through music, food and community engagement. The Yonkers African American Heritage Committee organized the event\u00a0which has been a longstanding tradition focused on honoring history while inspiring future generations.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">Community members say that while Juneteenth is now officially recognized across the country, its significance has long been understood within the Black community. The event serves as a reminder of shared history and the importance of passing down cultural knowledge to younger generations.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">The family-friendly event featured live entertainment, food and moments of spiritual reflection\u00a0which added\u00a0another layer of meaning to the celebration.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Juneteenth celebrations\u00a0continued in Westchester\u00a0County\u2019s largest city\u00a0on Saturday, as a festival in\u00a0Yonkers\u00a0brought the community together in a powerful show&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":272997,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[128,9,24,63,129,131,130],"class_list":["post-272996","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-the-bronx","tag-bronx","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-the-bronx","tag-the-bronx-headlines","tag-the-bronx-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272996","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=272996"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272996\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/272997"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=272996"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=272996"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=272996"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}