Washington is hosting Juneteenth celebrations this weekend, ranging from community block parties and parades to poetry readings and festivals highlighting black-owned businesses. But as local communities mark Juneteenth, the holiday has received relatively little attention from the organizations leading the nation’s semiquincentennial celebrations.

Festivities are taking place across the District of Columbia, as well as in neighboring Maryland and Virginia, marking the federal holiday that commemorates the emancipation of enslaved African Americans.