Rio Grande Valley residents are invited to attend the Annual Juneteenth Observance on Monday, June 19,2023 at 9:30 a.m. at the Texas Historic Bethel Garden, the former site of the Bethel Mis s i o n ary Baptist Church at 1322 South 16th Street in McAllen. This year’s celebration, entitled “Reimagining Togetherness,” is being hosted by the City of McAllen and Friends of Bethel Garden.The freedom of African Americans from slavery in the U.S. in 1865 is celebrated nationally on June 19th, the National Juneteenth Holiday. Juneteenth is made up of the words “June” and “nineteenth,” because it was 158 ...