# @newsday on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DZxMD-_DHpw
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/66836991-newsday-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-06-19T13:07:49.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Newsday • Long Island News (@newsday) — https://gondola.cc/newsday

## Caption

For Tijuana Fulford, Juneteenth is a reminder of what "freedom feels like." So, this Friday, as the nation celebrates the federal holiday commemorating the end of slavery, her community nonprofit organization will host a celebration in Riverhead featuring soul food delights, a bouncy house, and face painting.

That celebration this week will be a jubilee of joy and healing, followed by another for the Fourth of July. As the daughter of a Marine who fought for the United States, she said, she can’t untwine what the two holidays represent — one that speaks to America’s promise, and the other the conclusion of one of the nation’s darkest chapters.

Read the full story in the link in bio. (Photo credit: Elizabeth Sagarin)
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