Juneteenth will be celebrated across San Diego County on Thursday. Juneteenth, which commemorates the day when around 250,000 enslaved people in Texas learned of their freedom, became a federal holiday in 2021,

San Diego has several events to celebrate Juneteenth, which commemorates the day in 1865 when enslaved people in Texas learned they had been freed — two years after the Emancipation Proclamation was signed.

Juneteenth is right around the corner -- and San Diego is chock-full of events and ways to celebrate and honor the holiday.