Roads and intersections along the MacArthur Highway corridor will be closed on Saturday, June 14, for the Ernestine Jackson Juneteenth Freedom Day Parade, sponsored by the NAACP Peoria Branch.
Drivers should exercise caution along the parade route and follow all marked detours, the Peoria Public Works department said in a news release. Closures will begin at 9 a.m. and last until 3 p.m. The use of alternative routes is advised. Here’s what to know.
Parade route
The parade will begin on South MacArthur Highway, just south of Martin Luther King Jr. Park. It will travel north on MacArthur Highway, east on West John Gwynn Jr. Avenue, south on South Richard Pryor Place, southeast on Persimmon Street, west on Southwest Jefferson Avenue, and end at the intersection of Jefferson and South MacArthur Highway.
Road closures: 9 a.m.
- New Street at West Howett Street
- New Street at South MacArthur Highway
- West Howett Street at Linden Street
- Howett Street at South MacArthur Highway
- Millman Street at South MacArthur Highway
- Millman Street at Linden Street
Road closures: 11:30 a.m.
- MacArthur Highway at Southwest Jefferson Avenue to West Moss Avenue
- Persimmon Street at Southwest Jefferson Avenue
- Brotherson Street at South MacArthur Highway
- McBean Street at South MacArthur Highway and at North Richard Pryor Place
- Johnson Street at South MacArthur Highway and at North Richard Pryor Place
- Smith Street at South MacArthur Highway
- Hurlburt Street at South MacArthur Highway and at North Richard Pryor Place
- Aiken Avenue at South MacArthur Highway
- Adrian G. Hinton Jr. Avenue at South MacArthur Highway
- John H. Gwynn Jr. Avenue at South MacArthur Highway and at North Richard Pryor Place
- Martin Luther King Jr. Drive at South MacArthur Highway
- McReynolds Court at West John H. Gwynn Jr. Avenue
- Village Green Court at West John H. Gwynn Jr. Avenue
- Merriman Court at West John H. Gwynn Jr. Avenue
- Braves Court at West John H. Gwynn Jr. Avenue
- Richard Allen Drive at West Romeo B. Garrett Avenue
- West Reed Street at North Richard Pryor Place
Parking restrictions
Parking restrictions will be in effect along the parade route from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Detour route
Drivers should utilize the detour routes of West Howett Street to South Western Avenue to West Bradley Avenue, and West Bradley Avenue to South Western Avenue to West Lincoln Avenue.
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Juneteenth Fest
The second annual Ernestine Jackson Juneteenth Freedom Day Parade will begin at noon and kick off the 2025 Juneteenth Fest in John Gwynn Park, the NAACP Peoria Branch said in a news release.
Juneteenth, also known as Juneteenth Independence Day, or Freedom Day, is the oldest known celebration commemorating the end of slavery in the United States, the NAACP added. The Peoria branch named the Freedom Day Parade after the late Ernestine Jackson, an activist who served as Peoria’s first Equal Employment Opportunity officer.
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