Juneteenth celebrations to cause road closures in Austin

AUSTIN (KXAN) — A long standing tradition will take over Central Texas Saturday, with it will come road closures. The community is invited to come out to take part in Juneteenth.
The annual celebration commemorates the end of formal slavery in Texas on June 19 1865 — two years after President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation.
The events kick off in Austin this morning with a parade starting at 10 a.m. at Martin Luther King Boulevard and Comal Street. Then at