Over 1,000 visit Juneteenth celebration at Ohio History Connection

Ohio History Connection staff member Valerie Boyer celebrates Juneteenth by dancing with children at a Juneteenth celebration at the Ohio History Center on June 19, 2025. She is a native of Galveston, Texas, where Juneteenth originated. Doral Chenoweth/Columbus Dispatch Theo White (left) plays Booker T. Washington, and Zachery Franklin plays W.E.B. Du Bois at the Ohio History Connection's Juneteenth celebration on June 19, 2025. Doral Chenoweth/Columbus Dispatch In the red carpet area of the Ohio History Connection, Theo White (left) plays Booker T. Washington, and Zachery Franklin plays W.E.B. Du...