{"id":356444,"date":"2026-06-30T23:06:19","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T23:06:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/356444\/"},"modified":"2026-06-30T23:06:19","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T23:06:19","slug":"harris-county-presents-plans-for-new-remembrance-park-honoring-houstons-black-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/356444\/","title":{"rendered":"Harris County presents plans for new Remembrance Park honoring Houston\u2019s Black history"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tIn honor of Juneteenth weekend, Harris County Commissioner <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hcp1.net\/CommissionerEllis\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rodney Ellis<\/a> led a procession through Downtown Houston on June 20. The event included the unveiling of new historical markers dedicated to formerly enslaved people and victims of lynching in Harris County, and the presentation of the design for Harris County Remembrance Park.<\/p>\n<p>In their own words<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJuneteenth reminds us that freedom has always had to be fought for, protected, expanded and made real in people\u2019s daily lives,\u201d Ellis said. \u201cThis project will transform a place shaped by history into a public space for reflection, learning, gathering and action.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A closer look<\/p>\n<p>The historical markers are located in the El Franco Lee Service Plaza. There is also a Freedom Marker for the formerly enslaved people of Harris County and their descendants.<\/p>\n<p>According to a news release, the park will include a<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hcp1.net\/RemembrancePark\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> variety of features<\/a> besides the markers, such as:<\/p>\n<p>Witness GroveCypress GroveMemory PavilionCanopyBayou Overlook and TerracesBayou MirrorRemembrance CourtyardAlso included in the park will be the Hush Harbor Gardens, referencing community spaces once used by enslaved people for group worship and organizing. The park is set to be completed in 2029.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;&gt;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In honor of Juneteenth weekend, Harris County Commissioner Rodney Ellis led a procession through Downtown Houston on June&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":356445,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[993,405,56,58,57,7218,121715],"class_list":["post-356444","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-downtown","tag-harris-county","tag-houston","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news","tag-juneteenth","tag-remembrance-park"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/356444","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=356444"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/356444\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/356445"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=356444"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=356444"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=356444"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}