Antioch Baptist Church announces Juneteenth program set for June 22

Dozens of African-American men with Middlesex County connections served in the Civil War as members of the Union Navy or as members of the Army’s United States Colored Troops.

These veterans will be recognized at a Juneteenth program set for 3 p.m. Sunday, June 22 at Antioch Baptist Church in Saluda.

Wreaths will be placed on veterans’ graves at three local church cemeteries and persons who are descended from the veterans will be acknowledged at the event.