Many Juneteenth events to choose from in Cobb County
Cobb County posted a list of Juneteenth events available around the county. Juneteenth commemorates June 19, 1865, the day that enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, learned that they were free….
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Smyrna City Council unanimously approves Juneteenth, Veterans Day as paid city holidays
By Arielle Robinson Smyrna City Council members approved a motion to make Juneteenth and Veterans Day paid city holidays for eligible staff during its regular meeting at City Hall Monday…
Smyrna City Council agenda for this evening includes Juneteenth and Veterans Days holidays, new License and Variance Board chair
The agenda for this evening’s meeting of the Smyrna City Council includes formalizing Juneteenth and Veterans Day as paid city holidays, and the appointment of Deputy City Administrator Penny Moceri…
Sunny and 86 degrees in Cobb County on Juneteenth
The National Weather Service forecasts sunny skies here in Cobb County on Juneteenth, Sunday June 19) with a high near 86. It won’t be cool weather, but it should be…
Smyrna approves Juneteenth as city holiday
The City of Smyrna approved Juneteenth as a city holiday, and will close city offices on Monday, June 20 in observance. The city issued the following press release announcing the…
Cobb NAACP begins Juneteenth celebration with R&B concert this evening
The Cobb County NAACP distributed the following announcement about the Juneteenth celebration The organization is hosting on Marietta Square: 19th ANNUAL JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION WEEKENDThe Cobb County Branch of the National…
Smyrna’s Juneteenth celebration dinner to include talk by Erica Armstrong Dunbar, author of biography of Harriet Tubman
The City of Smyrna Juneteenth celebration dinner will feature author Erica Armstrong Dunbar. Dunbar wrote She Came to Slay: The Life and Times of Harriet Tubman. The Juneteenth dinner will…
Marietta History Center to host showings of Lemon Street Chronicles in celebration of Juneteenth
The Marietta History Center will host a showing of the four volumes of The Lemon Street Chronicles in the weeks leading up to Marietta’s Juneteenth celebration on June 18. The…
Cobb NAACP to host Juneteenth celebration on Marietta Square
The Cobb NAACP will host its annual Juneteenth celebration on Marietta Square celebrating the end of slavery. The Juneteenth holiday and the event are described in the news release below,…
Marietta mayor vetoes declaring Juneteenth a city holiday
By Arielle Robinson Marietta Mayor Steve “Thunder” Tumlin vetoed a motion the City Council passed Wednesday night that tried to make Juneteenth a paid city holiday, saying he wanted to…