Opal Lee's Juneteenth Walk For Freedom tradition continues in Fort Worth despite rainy weather
Despite the rain in North Texas Friday morning, large crowds gathered in Fort Worth for the Opal Lee's annual Juneteenth Walk For Freedom.
Lee, a Fort Worth icon, and her supporters walks two-and-a-half and a half miles every Juneteenth to symbolize the two and a half years it took for enslaved people in Texas to learn they were free, after the Emancipation Proclamation.
Lee missed the 2025 walk because she was in the hospital, but she attended an event in Fort Worth on Thursday and plans to be at Friday morning's walk.
The event was scheduled for 9 a.m., but was delayed by an hour due to rain and storms.
