The Oregonian Features Stem Wine Bar as One of 10 Ways to Observe Juneteenth in Portland
“The Portland area will see a variety of Juneteenth events this weekend, ranging from art installations to barbecues.
Juneteenth is the holiday celebrating June 19, 1865, the day, two and a half years after the Emancipation Proclamation was signed, that enslaved people in Texas were finally told they had been freed.
While the holiday has long been celebrated by Black people in the United States as a day of freedom, in the wake of national racial justice protests, the day has been more widely acknowledged.” - Lizzy Acker, The Oregonian, Read More