Black academics, poets, along with Baraboo city officials and residents, celebrated Juneteenth for the first time in Sauk County at Ochsner Park in Baraboo on Wednesday.
First Baraboo Juneteenth
West Baraboo resident Chaz Leponiemi helps his daughter, Jovie, 1, down the slide at Ochsner Park during Baraboo's first Juneteenth celebration.
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First Baraboo Juneteenth
Damira Grady of Madison College delivers remarks.
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First Baraboo Juneteenth
Percy Brown of DeForest School District discusses the history of slavery and incarceration.
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First Baraboo Juneteenth
Vendors and county organizations set up tents at the Juneteenth celebration.
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First Baraboo Juneteenth
Antowan Hallmon delivers a message from the Book of Romans in The Bible during his afternoon speech.
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First Baraboo Juneteenth
Green Bay-based clothing vendor Queen Deja Boutique owner Debra Tucker and her daughter, Deja Johnson, sell items at the celebration.
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First Baraboo Juneteenth
Wisconsin Dells resident Bianca ThunderCloud sells customized bead jewelry at the event.
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First Baraboo Juneteenth
Poets Arsenio Sorrell, left, and Charles Payne read poems reflecting African American history during the Juneteenth celebration.
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First Baraboo Juneteenth
Baraboo residents, from left, Makayla Perkins, Bryana Akins, and Janessa Adams helped prepare and sell fried chicken and catfish meals.
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First Baraboo Juneteenth
Las Milpas, a Mexican grocery store and restaurant located on 8th Avenue in Baraboo, brought a food truck to Ochsner Park for Juneteenth.
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First Baraboo Juneteenth
Fox City Flix, of Neenah, broadcasted a 24-minute film discussing the history of Juneteenth, Black politicians, and Historically Black Colleges and Universities.
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First Baraboo Juneteenth
Baraboo residents Annette Crowder, left, and Jeremiah Thompson talk at an LGBTQ booth.
The first Juneteenth celebration at Baraboo's Ochsner Park on Wednesday afternoon drew an estimated 300 to 400 visitors, according to event organizer and pastor Antowan Hallmon.
