Juneteenth fun/Gabrielle Holmes, left, and Serenity Johnson dance to the sounds of gospel at “Juneteenth: Sounds of Freedom Celebration” held last Saturday evening on the lawn at Virginia Union University. The 2-year-olds were enjoying the event with family. It was one of several area commemorations of the new national holiday.

A new historic marker honoring Richmond business and civil rights leader Maggie L. Walker sits in front of the historic St. Luke Building that has stood in the 900 block of St. James Street in Gilpin Court since 1903. Now a 12-unit apartment building with first-floor commercial space, the building began life as the national headquarters of the United Order of St. Luke, a Black fraternal and insurance group led by Mrs. Walker from 1899 until her death in 1934. Making bold moves, she pushed the fraternal order into developing the headquarters and taking other entrepreneurial action, including opening a bank.

A new historic marker honoring Richmond business and civil rights leader Maggie L. Walker sits in front of the historic St. Luke Building that has stood in the 900 block of St. James Street in Gilpin Court since 1903. Now a 12-unit apartment building with first-floor commercial space, the building began life as the national headquarters of the United Order of St. Luke, a Black fraternal and insurance group led by Mrs. Walker from 1899 until her death in 1934. Making bold moves, she pushed the fraternal order into developing the headquarters and taking other entrepreneurial action, including opening a bank.

Members of the Elegba Folklore Society pour libation honoring the ancestors during a performance last Friday at Dogwood Dell in Byrd Park as part of the city’s 64th Annual Festival of Arts.

Kiran Bhagat leads a yoga class Saturday at the Juneteenth Freedom Day celebration at the 17th Street Market, featuring drumming, dancing and meditation.

Barbara Payton of Barb’s Blooms stands among the festive flowers in her booth at the RVA Black Farmers Market on Saturday at 1700 Blair St. in the city’s West End.

Congressman A. Donald McEachin offers keynote remarks at Woodland Cemetery on Saturday to honor those who were once enslaved. The commemoration, “A Juneteenth Moment of Remembrance at Woodland Cemetery,” was sponsored by the Woodland Restoration Foundation and Henrico County.

More than 1,000 people relaxed on the lawn of Virginia Union University, enjoying the sounds of local gospel groups at “Juneteenth: Sounds of Freedom Celebration” on Saturday evening. Highlights included performances by the Grammy Award-winning Hezekiah Walker, above, and the VUU Choir, led by David Bratton.

More than 1,000 people relaxed on the lawn of Virginia Union University, enjoying the sounds of local gospel groups at “Juneteenth: Sounds of Freedom Celebration” on Saturday evening. The event was sponsored by the new Hezekiah Walker Center for Gospel Music at VUU. Below, Marcus Orr of Ashland joins in with his tambourine.

People of all ages enjoyed live music, including the sounds of Plunky Branch, food, games and activities for youngsters, historical interpreters and a car club expo at Juneteenth at Dorey Park in Eastern Henrico County.

People of all ages enjoyed live music, including the sounds of Plunky Branch, food, games and activities for youngsters, historical interpreters and a car club expo at Juneteenth at Dorey Park in Eastern Henrico County. Four-year-old Milaya Woodly glides down a giant slide.

VMFA movies on the lawn/Moviegoers arrive at the museum last Friday to view another art form ­— Virginia Museum of Fine Arts’ showing of the 2012 film, “Beasts of the Southern Wild.” It was the first in an outdoor film series sponsored at the VMFA and inspired by its current exhibit, “The Dirty South: Contemporary Art, Material Culture and the Sonic Impulse.” Valerie Cassel Oliver, the Sydney and Frances Lewis Family Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at VMFA and curator of the exhibit, welcomed the crowd to the screening, which began shortly after 9 p.m.

Zinnias and Bojangles in Jackson Ward