CELEBRATING
JUNETEENTH & FREEDOM
2025

(at a glance)

Date TBD

  • 7:00p to 9:00p: FAL’s ANNUAL EDUCATION AWARD RECEPTION, Honoring 2024-2025 College-bound SSHS Senior of Color with Highest GPA
    More info HERE

Thursday, JUNE 19

  • 11:30a to 4:00p: 4th Annual National Holiday JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION: The Mindset of Freedom, followed by Jubilee Reception
    Saratoga Regional YMCA, 290 West Ave., SS, NY 12866
    Free & Open to the Public (w/ photo ID & sign-in @ Y desk)
    Organized by Our Lodge Foundation
    More info HERE

  • 5:00p to 9:00p: CELEBRATING FREEDOM: Juneteenth at FAL, Frederick Allen Elks Lodge #609
    69 Beekman Street.
    Members & Associate Members
    More info HERE

Juneteenth has never been a celebration of victory or an acceptance of the way things are. It’s a celebration of progress. It’s an affirmation that despite the most painful parts of our history, change is possible — and there is still so much work to do.
— President Barack Obama