EARLIER, JUNETEENTH CELEBRATIONS ARE HAPPENING ACROSS THE CITY.

GENERATIONS OF AFRICAN-AMERICANS HAVE BEEN MARKING THE END OF THIS DARK TIME IN AMERICAN HISTORY WITH CELEBRATIONS OF BLACK JOY THROUGH FESTIVALS, PARADES AND BARBECUES, ALL CENTERED AROUND COMMUNITY W T TW NEWS.

ARTS CORRESPONDENT ANGEL EDO JOINS US NOW FROM ONE OF THOSE CELEBRATIONS AT THE DUSABLE MUSEUM.

ANGEL.

A BRAND SO AS YOU MENTIONED, FOLKS HAVE BEEN DOWN HERE AT THE DUSABLE MUSEUM.

YOU CAN TAKE A LOOK BEHIND ME.

YOU SEE THERE ARE A LOT OF LINES FOR A LOT OF FOOD TRUCKS.

FOLKS HAVE BEEN DOWN HERE AS EARLY AS 10:00AM THIS MORNING AND THE DAY WAS REALLY CENTERED AROUND CELEBRATING COMMUNITY WITH THE 3RD ANNUAL JUNETEENTH CELEBRATIONS THEME BEING MOVING TOWARD FREEDOM.

WE DECIDE PAIN OF MOVING TOWARDS FREEDOM.

SO WE GET A LOT OF THINGS THAT INVOLVE MOST AND WE HAVE A SKATING RINK OF WHEN YOU GO, YOU THAT 13TH AMENDMENT.

ALTHOUGH HE'S MILESTONE, THINGS THAT WE AND THEN THERE'S THAT QR CODE YOU CAN TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THE HISTORY OF WHATEVER YOU STAND ON THE POSTERS AROUND.

WE HAD A NASCAR HERE.

WE'VE GOT THE DIVINE 9 HERE DOING A STEP SO IT'S JUST ABOUT MOVEMENT AND ALL GAINS THAT PEOPLE HAVE MADE CELEBRATION OF ARE.

OBLIGATION AND OUR DUTY HERE TO LOOK THROUGH AN AFRICAN SENATE MAN'S SO JUNETEENTH HERE IS FREE EVERYBODY BECAUSE WE WON'T COMMERCIALIZE IT.

IT IS ALSO A DAY WHERE HAVE TO BE TRUE TRADITION WHERE EVERYBODY ELSE MIGHT SAY, OK, PARTY DAY.

OKAY, TODAY OFF.

AND YOU WE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE NEVER FORGET IT WAS STARTED.

SO IT'S UP TO US TO SPEAK FOR THAT PARTICULAR POPULATION TO MAKE SURE THAT HELP PEOPLE TO REMEMBER, THOUGH WE'RE HAVING FUN IT.

THERE'S THERE'S A PARTY WITH A PURPOSE.

NOW.

ACTIVITIES RANGE FROM THE AFRICAN MARKET VENDORS TO FOOD TRUCKS THAT YOU'VE BEEN TURNED THEIR ROUNDHOUSE INTO A SKATING RINK FOR THE KIDS.

NOW THEY'RE SAID TO BE A TOTAL OF 8,000 PEOPLE TO TOUR THE NEW GROUNDS HERE TODAY MARKING THIS AS THE CITY'S LARGEST OFFICIAL JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION.

I GOT TO TALK WITH A COUPLE OF OTHER PATRONS AND MUSEUM OFFICIALS TODAY WHO SHARED HOW THEIR COMMEMORATING BUT ALSO KNOWN AS FREEDOM DAY.

WELL, WHAT DO YOU YOU HAVE FIND OUT HERE TODAY.

YES, JUST FOUND OUT ABOUT TO TAKE THAT TELL A COUPLE YEARS AGO.

I DID NOT KNOW, YOU KNOW, SO HITTING FOR MONTHS AND SUCH A SHAME, YOU KNOW, JUST A PART OF OUR HISTORY.

BUT I THINK IT'S AWESOME WAY FOR US TO GET TOGETHER AS BLACK PEOPLE AND CELEBRATE SOMETHING THAT WAS HELD BACK FOR MOST.

MY HEART IS FIELD TO SEE ALL OF THESE PEOPLE OUT HERE.

ALL OF THESE MERCHANTS, BEEN QUITE A BIT, BUT IT IS JUST SO GREAT TO SEE AND WITH SO TALENTED.

AND WE'RE JUST COMING TOGETHER.

AND WE'RE JUST REALLY HAPPY JUNETEENTH.

IT'S A DAY OF CELEBRATION.

YOU KNOW, IT IS I'M A REAL PIECE OF AMERICAN HISTORY.

NOW ACTIVITIES GO ON UNTIL ABOUT 8.30, OR SO THIS EVENING.

SO IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO GET OUT AND CELEBRATE FREEDOM DAY, YOU