FOR YOUR WEEKEND? WE’LL BE RIGHT BACK AFTER THIS BREAK. NOW. NOW A KOCO FIVE EDITORIAL. HERE IS PRESIDENT AND GENERAL MANAGER BRENT HENSLEY. THIS WEEK WE CELEBRATED JUNETEENTH, ALSO CALLED FREEDOM DAY. JUNE 19TH, 1865 IS THE DAY FEDERAL TROOPS ARRIVED IN GALVESTON AND ORDERED THE LAST SLAVES TO BE FREED. TWO YEARS AFTER THE SIGNING OF THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION IN 2021, JUNETEENTH WAS MADE A FEDERAL HOLIDAY. OVER THE PAST WEEK, JUNETEENTH CELEBRATIONS BROUGHT OUR CITY TOGETHER FROM THE FESTIVAL ON THE EAST SIDE, WITH GROWING ATTENDANCE TO THE FIVE-K THAT DOUBLED ITS PARTICIPATION FROM LAST YEAR. ALL CELEBRATING FREEDOM AND PROMOTING UNITY. THIS IS OUR FIRST TIME HERE. THIS YEAR IT HAS BEEN A PRIVILEGE TO BE A PART OF THIS EVENT. UM. CELEBRATE OUR FREEDOM. FOR ME, JUNETEENTH MEANS FREEDOM AND LIBERATION AND ALSO JUST REFLECTION OF THE PAST AND TO BE ABLE TO LOOK FORWARD TO WHAT WE HAVE TO DO, UH, AS PEOPLE. THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY AND CULTURE DESCRIBES THE HOLIDAY’S LEGACY AS SHOWING THE VALUE OF NEVER GIVING UP HOPE IN UNCERTAIN TIMES, NEVER GIVING UP HOPE, PROMOTING DIVERSITY, UNDERSTANDING AND ACCEPTANCE SHOULD RESONATE WITH US ALL AND SHOULD REMIND US THAT DIVERSITY CITY MAKES OUR COMMUNITY STRONGER. I’D LIKE TO HEAR FROM YOU. EMAIL ME AT EDITORIALS AT COCO DOT COM. THIS HAS