I would be remiss if I didn’t use this space this week to give a very large congratulations and a standing ovation to all of those who were involved in organizing and hosting the various Juneteenth events that were held this past week.

I had the personal privilege to be on hand to witness and photograph the Juneteenth parade in DeKalb, and I will tell right here that those folks over there put on a great eventand those that participated in the parade made sure it was a good one.

There was a larg...