Elected officials, community leaders, students, and more gathered at the San Diego County Administration building Thursday to hoist the official Juneteenth flag ahead of the official Friday holiday.
It’s the third year that the flag has been hoisted alongside the U.S. and California flags there. Juneteenth commemorates the date — June 19, 1865 — that the last group of formerly enslaved people in the United States found out that slavery had ended — more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation was first signed.
The flag was raised by a team which included Supervisor Monica Montgomery Steppe, the first Black woman elected to the San Diego County Board of Supervisors, who represents District 4, which stretches from North Clairemont to Rancho San Diego.
“Freedom is not only something we celebrate,” said Montgomery Steppe at the commemoration event before the flag-raising. “It’s something we strengthen through service, opportunity, and unity… Freedom delayed is freedom denied.”
Monica Montgomery Steppe stands with a group about to raise the Juneteenth Flag in front of the County Administration building. (Photo by Adrian Childress/Times of San Diego)The celebration also included a small Willie Morrow exhibit and a performance from the San Diego High Steppers, as well as recognition of San Diegans making differences through their work.
“The holiday is really important to remember Black history — where I came from as a Black woman — to remember our ancestors and how far we’ve come and also how much work we have to go,” said Shayla James, co-manager of heARTSpace in City Heights, who was honored at the event.
“It’s a moment that we can at least take to pause, celebrate, remember where we’ve come from — and then imagine where we’re going.”
San Diego City Council member Henry Foster III was also present for the raising of the Juneteenth Flag. He said he was there for multiple reasons:
“To celebrate Black excellence, to celebrate liberation and freedom, and to also make sure we understand that we can’t forget our past and we must keep pushing forward, as we still have a lot of work to do.”
City and county offices will be closed for Juneteenth, as it is a federal and state holiday.
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