Gainesville Main Street and the Gainesville Area Chamber of Commerce welcome visitors to the annual Depot Day on Saturday in the historic downtown. Activities include a classic car show, live music and entertainment, vendor booths, a stunt team performance, and more. Details can be found at: www.gainesvillecofc.com/depot-day-2017. Produced for our Town Square Walk Around mobile tour, this video explores the architecture and approach to town planning found in Gainesville’s historic downtown. Down

On the road again… and it leads here 🎶 Shops, eats, events, and all the reasons to keep coming back. 📍 Historic Downtown Gainesville Save this for your 2026 bucket list | Historic Downtown Gainesville

A HISTORY OF THE GAINESVILLE MURDERS

While Juneteenth (June 19) is the oldest nationally celebrated commemoration of emancipation, freedom was proclaimed in Florida on May 20, 1865, nearly two-years after President Abraham Lincoln issued the proclamation. One month later, on June 19, 1865, Union soldiers finally arrived in Galveston, Texas with news that the war had ended and the enslaved were free. The City of Gainesville’s month-long "Journey to Juneteenth" celebration, from Florida Emancipation Day (May 20) through the widely re