The city of Tigard held its Juneteenth Freedom Day Celebration at Cook Family Park on Saturday. The event began with a one mile walk around the park, followed by food, music and family-friendly games. Juneteenth marks the day that enslaved African Americans living in Galveston, Texas 160 years ago learned they had been freed — after the Civil War's end and two years after President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation. Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/c/KGWNews8 Watch the latest KGW newscast: https://www.kgw.com/watch Get the KGW+ TV app: https://www.kgw.com/watch Get the KGW app: https://kgw.com/appredirect