Crowd -- and awareness -- grows at Ohio History Connection's Juneteenth Jubilee festival
When Valerie Boyer donned the attire of "Lady Liberty" for the Ohio History Connection's Juneteenth Jubilee Day Festival on Sunday, she could virtu...
June 22, 2023
5:10 AM
When Valerie Boyer donned the attire of "Lady Liberty" for the Ohio History Connection's Juneteenth Jubilee Day Festival on Sunday, she could virtually feel the presence of the African American men and women who were finally freed from the chains of slavery on June 19, 1865. "When you stand or sit in the place where they stood, you feel this presence, spirit and energy," said Boyer, a social studies teacher at Columbus City Schools' Linden McKinley STEM Academy, as well as a poet, dancer and musician.
Belinda M. Paschal