Navigator: Take a Tour Through the Origin Sites of Juneteenth
The Aquatic Building stands in Emancipation Park, first purchased by freed slaves, and thought to be the oldest park in America.
Photographer: Steve Gonzales/Houston Chronicle /APWelcome to today's edition of Navigator, CityLab's biweekly Saturday newsletter.
If there’s any one site linked to Juneteenth celebrations, it’s the Reedy Chapel AME Church in Galveston, Texas. But there are several contenders from the state where the newly-declared U.S. federal holiday originates. The history of these landmarks tells the story of how the holiday came to be — and the long struggle to achieve its official recognition.