VALDOSTA – Organizers of Valdosta’s 24th Annual Juneteenth Celebration are inviting the public to attend a Community Awareness Day Saturday at the Courthouse Square in downtown Valdosta.

The event will feature live music, information booths, health care specialists, vendors, a free lunch and arts and crafts for the kids.

Valdosta Mayor John Gayle and Lowndes County Commission Chair Bill Slaughter will also present a Juneteenth Proclamation.

Juneteenth commermorates the announcement of the abolishment of slavery in the Confederate South in June of 1865.