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Chef Katressa Bizzell of Daytona Beach serves up food from her Orgasmic Eats booth at the festival. Photo by Suzanne McCarthy
Danny Faqua, state committee representative for the Volusia County Democratic Black Caucus, was on hand to register voters. Photo by Suzanne McCarthy
Jackie Mongal (right), president of the Regional Sunshine Chapter of Bethune-Cookman University Alumni, joins Chloe Gilmore of Daytona Beach (center) and Jeshaun Wise of Jacksonville in their jewelry booth. Photo by Suzanne McCarthy
The Flournoy Family offers Country Style Cooking from their food truck. Photo by Suzanne McCarthy
Linda McGee, chairman of the Juneteenth Festival and parade (center) is joined by Yvette and Corey Williams of Daytona Beach, who brought their food truck, Taste of Soul, to the festival. Photo by Suzanne McCarthy
Victor Ingram of Ormond Beach (right), president of the Sunchasers Motorcycle Club, and Julio Ortiz, from Daytona Beach. Photo by Suzanne McCarthy
Linda McGee, chairman of the Juneteenth Festival and parade, is joined by Victor Ingram, of Ormond Beach, president of the Sunchasers Motorcycle Club. Photo by Suzanne McCarthy
Chef Katressa Bizzell and her son Jordan Porter serve sausage and turkey legs from their booth, Orgasmic Eats. Photo by Suzanne McCarthy
The 25th annual Daytona Beach Juneteenth Community Festival was celebrated on Saturday, June 17. Photo by Suzanne McCarthy
Locals celebrated the 25th annual Daytona Beach Juneteenth Community Festival on Saturday, June 17, at Cypress Park in Daytona Beach.
The inaugural Juneteenth Celebration Parade in Daytona Beach’s historic Midtown District preceded the festival. The parade’s theme was “Celebrating Diversity, Unity and Community,” and, despite a downpour, the parade marched on.
Linda McGee, chairman of the Juneteenth Festival and Parade, said that the city of Daytona Beach’s Parks and Recreation Department had originally started the celebration.
“It started with a banquet at the Dickerson Community Center,” she said. “It has grown to 6,000 people.”
The festival featured cultural and educational activities, pony rides, food trucks and merchandise vendors, a pound cake contest, and the Sankofa African-American Museum On Wheels.
The celebration ended on Monday, June 19, with the Hometown Heroes Awards Banquet at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.
