The Danville Juneteenth Celebration will be at Temple Plaza Monday from 2-7 p.m. The event will feature music, speakers, and activities s for the kids like a bounce house, face painting and bubbles. The presenter will speak about the history and importance of this fairly new holiday, which was declared a federal holiday in 2021. There will be a cards tournament during the festival and at 7 p.m., the Fischer Theater will be showing the 1978 musical “The Wiz.”
Because of the holiday, governmental offices, schools and many financial institutions will also be closed Monday.
