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Edmonds Sketchers met at City Park on June 19. We lucked out again with another beautiful spring day, and it appeared that everyone at the park was enjoying a feeling of freedom.

It was only fitting, as this day was also Juneteenth, often observed as an acknowledgement of African-American culture, a commemoration of the Emancipation Proclamation, and this year for the first time as a national holiday.

We felt free to be outside without our masks, as well. While America is still in mourning of so many lives lost to the COVID-19 pandemic, it is also important to appreciate our good fortune to...