See Juneteenth in Indianapolis through the years Jayla Lyons adds Juneteenth-themed patches to a pair of Jeans Thursday, June 4, 2026, at her home in Indianapolis. The jeans also included letters spelling out the word “Juneteenth” down one leg. Cara Penquite/IndyStar Mikalyia Rice, an educator, reads a kids book to a young attendee at an Juneteenth event in Indianapolis, Friday, June 19, 2020. The event recognizes the end of slavery in Texas, two years after the Emancipation Proclamation.