Memories of marking Juneteenth: ‘It was a big event all over town. It was our holiday’

It's now a federal holiday - and Eleanor Thompson has fond recollections of celebrating Juneteenth in Austin over the years

Juneteenth has only just been recognized as a federal holiday to commemorate the end of slavery in America, but Eleanor Thompson has decades of memories celebrating it in Austin.

It was a big event all over town," Thompson, 78, recalls. It was our holiday."