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Emporia - Red Rocks - Juneteenth Celebration

Red Rocks, Emporia, and the William Allen White Community Partnership, Inc., present the Juneteenth Celebration. Now recognized as a national holiday, Juneteenth celebrates racial equality. The William Allen White family supported equality for all. Their home was near a section of Emporia known as Swingtown, where Exodusters had settled in the late 1870s.

We invite you to tour Red Rocks, admission will be free of charge, compliments of the William Allen White Community Partnership, 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday, Juneteenth and Father's Day, June 19, 2022.  Tickets will be available from the event promoters at East Side Park in Emporia.  Be sure to get your ticket and enjoy all the activities planned for the day.