Juneteenth

See photos from Thursday's Juneteenth celebration at Butterfly Effect Project’s campus on Main Road in Jamesport.

Pulaski Street Intermediate School celebrated Juneteenth on Wednesday by announcing the winners of its annual essay contest for fifth-graders. Read the winning essays.

The Butterfly Effect Project invites the community to its Second Annual Juneteenth Event on Thursday, June 19 from 12 to 3 p.m. for food, entertainment, unique products and services — all free of charge.

The Butterfly Effect Project hosted its first Juneteenth celebration today at First Baptist Church of Riverhead, commemorating the holiday that marks the date in 1865 when the people of Texas learned that slavery had been abolished.

Today is Juneteenth, also known as Freedom Day, holiday that marks the date in 1865 when Union Army Major General Gordon Granger...

The Butterfly Effect Project will host “Juneteenth: A Celebration of Community” in partnership with the First Baptist Church of Riverhead on Wednesday, June 19, from 12 noon to 3 p.m. at 1018 Northville Turnpike in Riverhead. 

Juneteenth celebrates the day in 1865 when Union troops arrived in Texas to enforce the Emancipation Proclamation, signed 2½ years earlier.

The East End Voter Coalition announced this year's contest winners during a celebration at Pulaski Street School on June 2. Aurora Scott, Gabriella Beck and Sara Martinez Acosta earned top honors. Read the winning essays here.

A voice for the African American community in Riverhead is non-existent. No longer is there a Lion in Judah, a courageous voice to speak for the voiceless. Many profess to take on that challenge but when it comes time to speak truth to power, when it comes time to challenge the powers that be…….all you hear is utter silence.

Community members gathered at the Riverhead Free Library on Saturday to celebrate Juneteenth, the holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the United States, with singing, dancing and a keynote speech on freedom by former Aquebogue Elementary School assistant principal, Vanessa Williams.