{"id":2044,"date":"2026-06-19T20:31:32","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T20:31:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/floridamovingchronicle.com\/?p=2044"},"modified":"2026-06-19T20:31:32","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T20:31:32","slug":"music-culture-and-fellowship-a-look-at-coconut-groves-juneteenth-celebration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/floridamovingchronicle.com\/?p=2044","title":{"rendered":"Music, culture and fellowship: A look at Coconut Grove\u2019s Juneteenth celebration"},"content":{"rendered":"<article><!-- --><!-- --><!-- WPS-5038 -- removed the script from WPS and added the placeholder for trinity player --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- CONTENT --><!--[--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Coconut Grove residents gathered Friday at Elizabeth Virrick Park to celebrate Juneteenth with live music, cultural performances and community fellowship.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/floridamovingchronicle.com\/?p=2041\">Heat advisory in effect: What to know for Miami Juneteenth, Father\u2019s Day events<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>The third annual Juneteenth Freedom Day Emancipendence Celebration, presented by the Coconut Grove Ecumenical Network, was one of many events in South Florida celebrating the federal holiday that recognizes when enslaved Black Americans in Galveston, Texas learned of their freedom on June 19, 1865.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/floridamovingchronicle.com\/?p=2039\">The Miami-Dade brush fire has shut down some of Florida\u2019s Turnpike lanes<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>See photos from Friday\u2019s celebration:<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><!--]--><!--[--><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><!--]--><!--[--><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><!--]--><!--[--><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><!-- --><!--]--><!--]--><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Community members in Coconut Grove celebrated Juneteenth at Elizabeth Virrick Park with live music, cultural acts and fellowship during the Emancipendence Celebration.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2043,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2044","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-miami-dade-county"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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