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Thursday, May 29, 2025

Jack Vincent

Jack Vincent is a journalism junior and the Summer 2025 trend reporter for The Avenue. Apart from writing, you can find him at a local plant shop adding a new plant to his overwheling collection.

Errol Nelson weaves a blue ribbon around a palm tree maypole alongside 11 others during the Florida Emancipation Celebration at the Cotton Club Museum and Cultural Center in Gainesville, on May 24, 2025. Each year, attendees join together to plait the maypole in honor of Florida’s Emancipation Day, which occurred on May 20, 1865.

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THE AVENUE

Gainesville’s monthlong journey to Juneteenth has begun

By Jack Vincent | May 27

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