San Mateo County and community leaders raised the Juneteenth flag Tuesday morning at the County Center in Redwood City to kick off a month of celebration, awareness, and events around the holiday.

The county Board of Supervisors at its May 23 meeting recognized June 19, 2023, as Juneteenth, a federal holiday commemorating the emancipation of enslaved African Americans, in San Mateo County.

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Prachi is a Dow Jones News Fund intern at Bay City News. She is a journalism graduate from University of Southern California. She previously worked at Annenberg Media as a Multimedia Journalist and the Managing Editor. Prachi has covered social justice, climate and human interest stories. She is interested in written and visual storytelling.