Visit the Gloucester Township Police Community Outreach Team This Saturday at Gloucester Township Juneteenth Celebration!
Our GTPD Community Outreach Team and Truck is outfitted with plenty of seating, large screens , and video games for the kids to play in the air conditioned interior . Outside was outfitted with several of outdoor games like cornhole, bucket ball, and volleyball!
Watch our Community Outreach Team And Truck VIDEO here!: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTqe_cI0fKw
On Saturday, June 21st, 2025, Gloucester Township will hold its second annual Juneteenth Celebration at Veterans’ Park! Celebrate a day of culture and community at this family-friendly event that will feature local businesses, a cultural marketplace, delicious food, live music, and plenty of entertainment for everyone! The event is from 1pm-4pm at Veterans Park.
Juneteenth honors the end to slavery in the United States and is considered the longest-running African American holiday. On June 17, 2021, it officially became a federal holiday.
Juneteenth (short for “June Nineteenth”) marks the day when federal troops, lead by General Gordon Granger, arrived in Galveston, Texas in 1865 to take control of the state and ensure that all enslaved people be freed. The troops’ arrival came a full two and a half years after the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation.
