Bronxites enjoyed a lively Juneteenth celebration on Bronx Day at the New York Botanical Garden on Saturday, June 15. Festivities included live music and dance performances by Chief Joseph Chatoyer Dance Company and The Everything Cover Band, arts and crafts, face painting, food trucks, and culinary activities. Chief Joseph Chatoyer Dance Company performed on Bronx Day at the New York Botanical Garden.
Bronxites enjoyed a lively Juneteenth celebration on Bronx Day at the New York Botanical Garden on Saturday, June 15. Chief Joseph Chatoyer Dance Company (pictured) performed on Bronx Day. Chief Joseph Chatoyer Dance Company performed on Bronx Day.
Juneteenth commemorates the ending of slavery in the United States when Union General Gordon Granger told enslaved African Americans in Galveston, Texas, that the Civil War had ended and they were free. Council Member Marmorato (R-Bronx) told the Bronx Times the event was “all about community.” “It’s about being here amongst my constituents and other people in the Bronx and just enjoying the resources we have here in the borough and the weather,” Marmorato said before heading to the ‘Alice in Wonderland’ exhibition with her daughter and niece.
Joyce Lions was practicing her hula hoop skills with her grandson Cincere when she told the Bronx Times that they were having a good time. “I love it here,” Lions said. “Bronx Day is good for the children and the grownups.
I enjoy it a lot.” Joyce Lions practiced her hula .
