Pittsburgh's Juneteenth holiday celebration includes concert performances starting Monday afternoon at the Point.
Juneteenth commemorates June 19, 1865, the date on which enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, finally received the news they were free.
This was two years after President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation, one year after the Senate passed the 13th Amendment, abolishing slavery.
Pennsylvania made Juneteenth an official state holiday in 2019, it became a federal holiday in 2021.
Juneteenth celebrations at Point State Park Downtown include The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra at 3 p.m., Phyllis Hyman Tribute Band at 5 p.m., R&B group RUFF ENDZ at6:30 p.m., The Ohio Players at 8 p.m. and Pittsburgh's first-ever Juneteenth Fireworks at 935.
There are also closures in observance of Juneteenth.
All Allegheny County and City of Pittsburgh offices are closed.
City trash and recycling collection is delayed by one day.
Post offices are closed and there's no mail delivery.
Pittsburgh Regional Transit bus and light-rail service are operating on regular schedules today.
County and city pools and spray parks are open as well as county parks and golf courses.