Events, Government

Rockville to Celebrate Juneteenth with Montgomery County

Public Information Office

April 30, 2025
1:42 pm

The City of Rockville will once again join Montgomery County in celebrating Juneteenth on Saturday, June 21 at BlackRock Center for the Arts, 12901 Town Commons Drive, in Germantown.

Find more details about Juneteenth, as they become available, at rockvillemd.gov/Juneteenth.

Juneteenth commemorates June 19, 1865, when the Union army arrived in Texas bearing federal orders proclaiming the end of slavery.

In July 2020, the Mayor and Council approved a resolution making Rockville the first municipality in Maryland to recognize Juneteenth as a paid city holiday. City facilities will be closed in observance of Juneteenth on Thursday, June 19. See the article on page 1 for details.

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