Opal's Walk for Freedom

Name: Opal's Walk for Freedom
Start: 2026-06-17T10:30:00-05:00
End: 2026-06-17T11:30:00-05:00
Location: Arrington Lagoon, Evanston, Illinois

Wed, Jun 17th, 2026 at 10:30 AM CDT — Wed, Jun 17th, 2026 at 11:30 AM CDT

Arrington Lagoon, Evanston, Illinois

Evanston, Illinois

Evanston's annual Juneteenth parade with Opal Lee's granddaughter Dione Sims as grand marshal. The 2.5-mile walk symbolizes the two and a half years it took for news of the Emancipation Proclamation to reach enslaved people in Texas.

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