An event that intertwined the Juneteenth and Father’s Day holidays in north St. Louis brought out hundreds of Black families on Sunday.

The inaugural Saint Louis Juneteenth "FREE-DOME" Celebration presented by Saint LAAA FaB Inc. was a one-day, family-oriented event set out to pay homage to the rich heritage, history and culture of people of African descent.

Juneteenth has been celebrated in honor of the day that the last of four million slaves learned of their freedom months after the Union defeated the Confederacy in June of 1865.

Since then, African Americans have gathered on June 19th to commemorate their talents and contributions to society that their ancestors were stripped of during that period.

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