JUNE 25, 2025 Vol. 23, No. 15
Caron Koteles Riha
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Clawson to continue community traditions during Fourth of July celebrations
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CLAWSON — Clawson never fails to provide an exciting week of activities leading up to its big Fourth of July parade. The schedule this year will start at 7 p.m. June 25 with a concert in Clawson City Park featuring the Royal Oak Concert Band paired with an ice cream social. At 11 a.m. June 28, the Kiddie Parade will take place. Registration for the Kiddie Parade will begin at 9:45 a.m. The parade travels down North Washington Avenue to Phillips Avenue to North Custer Avenue and ends at Clawson City Park. The staging area will be the See FOURTH on page 6A File photo by Erin Sanchez
People enjoy the rides during the carnival at the Clawson Fourth of July festivities in 2024.
Photo by Liz Carnegie
ROYAL OAK CELEBRATES JUNETEENTH BY TAYLOR CHRISTENSEN
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ROYAL OAK — The Royal Oak Juneteenth event gathered around 400 people on June 19, 2025. Juneteenth, a federal holiday in the United States, commemorates the emancipation of enslaved African Americans in the U.S. The day marks June 19, 1865, the day the Union Army made its way into Galveston,
Texas, where Gordon Granger announced to the people of Texas that all enslaved African Americans were free, according to the National Museum of African American History and Culture, nmaahc.si.edu. Enslaved people were technically free under the Jan. 1, 1863, Emancipation Proclamation. However, word did not reach Texas until 1865. Juneteenth in Royal Oak featured live music, famSee JUNETEENTH on page 7A
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Attendees listen to speakers at the Juneteenth event June 19.
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