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   Thanks to Cuyahoga County Councilwoman Meredith Turner and Woodmere Village Mayor Ben Holbert’s invitations, I attended the Inaugural Juneteenth Celebration in Woodmere with Jenny! Now Juneteenth is an official federal holiday, honoring the emancipation of enslaved people in the United States, offering opportunities to reflect and to celebrate. The term Juneteenth is a blend of the words June and nineteenth, is the day that commemorates the end of slavery in the confederate states, the day in 1865 when the Union Army established authority over Texas. This year, Juneteenth is formally recognized on today, June 17. For preparing to participate this event, Jenny and I shopped our African outfits in Larchmere last Sunday. People in the celebration party cheered our festival looks!! To honor the celebration of freedom, people in the party together are watching “Summer of Soul”, a documentary film about the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival, which took place on six Sundays between June 29!and August 24 at Mount Morris Park in Harlem. Performers such as Stevie Wonder, Mahalia Jackson, Nina Simone, the 5th Dimension, the Staple Singers, Gladys Knight & the Pips, Mavis Staples, Blinky Williams, Sly and the Family Stone, and the Chambers Brothers. In 2022, “Summer of Soul” won stellar awards, Academy Award for Best Documentary, BAFTA Award for Best Documentary, Independent Spirit Award for Best Documentary, Grammy Award for Best Music Film, Producers Guild of America Award for Best Documentary Motion Picture, Satellite Award for Best Motion Picture,AFI Special Award, Peabody Award, Eddie Awards for Best edited Documentary. If I hadn’t watched this documentary film this evening, I would miss the beats of American culture and history.