There was a celebration at Taylor-Z-Ville Saturday.

The Ancient Africa, Enslavement and Civil War Museum held a celebration of Juneteenth, honoring the end of slavery in the United States.

“It’s a part of the history that we feel always needs to be remembered,” Faya Rose Toure Sanders said. “People who fail to realize their history most often repeat it. We like to celebrate this as our day of freedom, because it is a day celebrating being set free from slavery.”

The event had several gospel choirs, roundtable discussions of various topics including history of Juneteenth itself.

“You just have to have that history,” Sanders said. “One of the things we want to get out of Juneteenth is the strength of our ancestors. If we learn about the strength, intelligence and resiliency to gain freedom, then we wouldn’t hurt our brothers and sisters.”

While organizers were pleased with the turnout for the event, they found even more transportation would be needed next year.

“We had some people that expressed interest in coming, but we weren’t able to get all the way out to them,” Franklin Fortier said. “Next year we need more than the vans maybe, because people want to come but we just have to get to them.”

Fortier also declared the event a success.

“That’s a good sign for us,” he said. “The more effective we share the history, the more we hope to see this decreased crime and that is our primary goal.”