The parade celebrates the 156th anniversary of Juneteenth during the JuneteenthICT
Parade at 10 a.m. Saturday, June 19. The parade route will begin at 17th Street and
Hillside, going west, and eventually ending at McAdam’s Park, where the all-day Juneteenth
ICT celebration will take place.
June 19 is the annual celebration of the end of slavery. Though the Emancipation Proclamation
was signed Jan. 1, 1863, and the Civil War ended April 9, 1865, more than 250,000
remained enslaved in Texas when Union troops arrived in Galveston on June 19, 1865,
to order their emancipation. Texas was the first state to adopt the formal holiday
in 1980. This week, President Joe Biden signed legislation into law establishing June
19 as Juneteenth National Independence Day.
Wichita State University serves as the Kansas urban-based research university, enrolling
more than 15,000 students from every state in the U.S. and more than 100 countries.
Wichita State and WSU Tech are recognized for being student centered and innovation
driven.
Located in the largest city in the state with one of the highest concentrations in
the United States of jobs involving science, technology, engineering and math (STEM),
Wichita State University provides uniquely distinctive and innovative pathways of
applied learning, applied research and career opportunities for all of our students.
The Innovation Campus, which is a physical extension of the Wichita State University main campus, is one
of the nation’s largest and fastest-growing research/innovation parks, encompassing
over 120 acres and is home to a number of global companies and organizations.
