Community Juneteenth picnic planned for June 18.
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![Juneteenth celebration scheduled for June 18 in Breckenridge’s Booker T. Washington Park](https://breckenridgetexan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Juneteenth-cropped-505x306_c.jpg)
![Breckenridge celebrates Juneteenth in newly-renamed Booker T. Washington Park](https://breckenridgetexan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Juneteenth-cropped-505x306_c.jpg)
Last week, an idea started circulating around Breckenridge, and it wasn’t long before a Juneteenth celebration was planned for Saturday, June 19, in the newly-renamed Booker T. Washington Park.
![City commissioners, students agree on new name for renovated park: Booker T. Washington Park](https://breckenridgetexan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/city-commission-meeting-4043-505x306_c.jpg)
The Breckenridge High School students who renovated a park in the southeast part of the city proposed a new name for the park, and the city commissioners agreed with their idea during a special meeting on Thursday, April 22.