{"id":219993,"date":"2026-06-16T00:23:17","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T00:23:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/219993\/"},"modified":"2026-06-16T00:23:17","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T00:23:17","slug":"erie-va-medical-center-hosts-third-annual-juneteenth-celebration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/219993\/","title":{"rendered":"Erie VA Medical Center hosts third annual Juneteenth celebration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a data-ylk=\"elm:icon;slk:WJET Erie;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yourerie.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img alt=\"WJET Erie\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\" class=\"pr-2.5 max-w-[150px] max-h-[40px] min-[601px]:max-w-[115px]\" style=\"position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/lo\/mysterio\/api\/232C1E841BC0BB863E0E9B74B574D5BADEBDCEDD7912DF6C56EBCD799BAD61E9\/subgraphmysterio\/resizefill_w0_h40;quality_80;format_webp\/\"\/><\/a>Mon, June 15, 2026 at 6:35 PM UTC<img alt=\"\" fetchpriority=\"high\" width=\"976\" height=\"549\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img w-full w-full h-auto\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/aol_wjet_erie_articles_147\/72c11938c109534ff2c4e5be5f42fb16.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Erie VA Medical Center hosts third annual Juneteenth celebration<\/p>\n<p>Juneteenth became a federal holiday in 2021, and on Monday, Erie VA Medical Center hosted their third annual Juneteenth celebration.<\/p>\n<p>According to organizers, this event is more than just a celebration; it&#8217;s a day to commemorate June 19, 1865, the day that African Americans in Galveston, Texas, were finally told that they were free.<\/p>\n<p><a data-ylk=\"slk:Global War on Terrorism Memorial to be built at Veterans Memorial Park;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aol.com\/news\/global-war-terrorism-memorial-built-183439187.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0Global War on Terrorism Memorial to be built at Veterans Memorial Park\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In honor of that date, the Erie VA Medical Center invited veterans, family and friends to enjoy food, educational information and guest speakers.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re growing increasingly, getting more dynamic speakers as we progress. We&#8217;re only getting bigger and better as we move forward,&#8221; said Maurice Clarke, the Minority Veterans&#8217; Program coordinator.<\/p>\n<p>Clarke said that by hosting events that are culturally relevant, they are able to build a stronger community of veterans of all backgrounds<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<\/p>\n<p><a data-ylk=\"slk:For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to WJET\/WFXP\/YourErie.com.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yourerie.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to WJET\/WFXP\/YourErie.com.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mon, June 15, 2026 at 6:35 PM UTC Erie VA Medical Center hosts third annual Juneteenth celebration Juneteenth&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":219994,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[136,138,137,15043,95860,21756,58724],"class_list":["post-219993","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-erie","tag-erie","tag-erie-headlines","tag-erie-news","tag-erie-va-medical-center","tag-federal-holiday","tag-juneteenth","tag-maurice-clarke"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219993","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=219993"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219993\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/219994"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=219993"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=219993"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=219993"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}