{"id":341733,"date":"2026-06-18T19:30:06","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T19:30:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/341733\/"},"modified":"2026-06-18T19:30:06","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T19:30:06","slug":"austin-marks-juneteenth-as-travis-county-hosts-37th-annual-celebration-thursday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/341733\/","title":{"rendered":"Austin marks Juneteenth as Travis County hosts 37th annual celebration Thursday"},"content":{"rendered":"

AUSTIN, Texas \u2014 As the smell of smoky barbecue and booming music filled the air, the people of Austin gathered into a parking garage to celebrate Juneteenth with each other.<\/p>\n

Travis County hosted its 37th annual Juneteenth celebration<\/a> on Thursday, featuring live music, guest speakers and food sold by various Travis County departments. This year\u2019s theme was \u201cUnity and Freedom,\u201d chosen to reflect the importance of community, progress and the history of emancipation, according to the county\u2019s announcement.<\/p>\n

The celebration also featured a performance of the Black National Anthem, \u201cLift Every Voice and Sing,\u201d as well as informational booths run by departments such as the Travis County Veterans Services and the Travis County Historical Commission.<\/p>\n

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Vendors at the Travis County Juneteenth Celebration (Photo credits: Jennifer Wang)<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is an opportunity for us all to talk about the services we can provide, and how we provide them, how you can find us,\u201d Jeffrey Travillion, the Travis County commissioner of Precinct 1, said.<\/p>\n

Entry was free and open to the public. Travillion said the annual event was a way for the community to remember their history and culture.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn a time when the federal government has turned its back on a number of citizens, and the state government has underfunded public education, public health and access to resources for families, we remember that we have always had to fight for resources for our families, from the very beginning,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe look at the day as a sacred day, an opportunity for family and friends, and to remember our history, and to remember we have to build a more perfect union,\u201d Travillion said. \u201cIt won\u2019t make itself.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"AUSTIN, Texas \u2014 As the smell of smoky barbecue and booming music filled the air, the people of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":341734,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133],"class_list":["post-341733","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-austin","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/341733","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=341733"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/341733\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/341734"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=341733"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=341733"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=341733"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}