Juneteenth Parade and Activities at Northside Park

This year’s Juneteenth Parade in Hope started just down the street from Yerger and went to Northside Park where there were food trucks, bounce houses, and a recounting of history by Ale Mae Flenory.  Ms. Flenory showed participants pictures of “now and then”.  She started off with the history of having been born with a midwife’s help and talked about making $4 a day while working for 10 hours and having to pay 50 cents for a ride to work. Ms. Flenory said cookies had been 10 for 5 cents and she was able to get cookies and pop for 25 cents. She also talked about having to go in the back door at the doctor’s office at 9 am and maybe not being seen until 3 or 4 in the afternoon. Throughout the speech there were exclamations of praise as to how much easier life had gotten.