Lexington celebrates Juneteenth by visiting former enslaved African-American gravesites [Video]

LEXINGTON IS HOSTING ITS FIFTH ANNUAL JUNETEENTH FREEDOM CELEBRATION. THIS IS A WEEK FULL OF EVENTS TODAY, PEOPLE VISITED HISTORIC FORMER ENSLAVED GRAVEYARDS THROUGHOUT DAVIDSON COUNTY. THE ORGANIZATION ANYTHING FOR OUR YOUTH IS WORKING WITH THE LOCAL PUBLIC LIBRARY AND THE DAVIDSON COUNTY HISTORY MUSEUM TO GATHER OBITUARIES, DIPLOMAS AND OTHER HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS TO IDENTIFY AFRICAN AMERICAN LINEAGE IN THIS AREA IS IMPORTANT AT THIS TIME IN MY LIFE THAT I DRAW AS MUCH HISTORY AS I CAN FOR THE GENERATION THAT’S BELOW ME AND BEYOND, SO THAT THE HISTORY OF HOW WE MADE IT HERE, HOW WE DWELLED HERE, HOW WE GOT ALONG HERE IN OUR COMMUNITIES IS IS CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE YEARS. A MEMORIAL SERVICE IS BEING HELD AT THIS GRAVE SITE TOMORROW MORNING AT 11, WHICH IS OFF OF PILGRIM CHURCH ROAD. THE ORGANIZATION SHARED. THEY HAVE DISCOVERED THE SURNAMES FOR 16 OF THOSE GRAVES