- June 14, 2021
- Posted by: Stratford Team
- Category: Business
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — In honor of Juneteenth, a few local businesses came together to honor the day that commemorates the ending of slavery in America, by putting on Juneteenth Freedom Funday at Lazy Beach Brewing.
Herschel Schoats, the creator of the event, said he came up with the event when homeschooling his daughters, and said they were enthusiastic about learning about their ancestors and their culture. He’s hoping the event can help future generations learn about Juneteenth and its history as well as bring the community together.
“We are a multitask and multi grace community and its beautiful here…it’s beautiful what we have here so I think co-opping with all these general people helped make this happen,” Shoats aid.
Tiffany Cardenas, the owner of Tiffany’s Finesse, a jewelry business, said this event is helping her show her daughters that they can be anything they want if they set their minds to it and that was possible through the…
