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Looking To Broadview As A Model, Riverside Makes Juneteenth A Paid Holiday

Juneteenth was first marked in an unofficial capacity in Riverside on June 19, 2020 during a Black Lives Matter demonstration (above) that featured a march from the North Riverside Village Commons to Guthrie Park in Riverside, where an organizer read the Emancipation Proclamation. | Alex Rogals  Thursday, February 24, 2022 || By Bob Uphues/Riverside-Brookfield Landmark || @maywoodnews  Riverside trustees voted […]