Sunday's weather started out poor, but it finished well, leading to large crowds at Buffalo's annual Juneteenth Festivalin Martin Luther King Park.
The weather wasn't hot enough to really fill the newly-opened splash pad at MLK Park, but there was water spraying and some of the youngest members of the festival crowd were out playing.
Coordinator Margaret Brown says that was a well-received feature of the event.
"This was a really big crowd this year. So we were really excited. A lot of people came out, a lot of people who haven't come out in previous years were here this year, and there are just beaming reports from everybody that they enjoyed the food. They enjoyed the cultural activities and everybody just had a lot of fun. And they enjoyed the splash pad," said Brown.
Last year, the festival had to work around the construction fence surrounding the vast concrete wading pool. But it was ready this year and the fence was gone.
Buffalo's African American Community has changed in recent years, with immigrants from Africa and the Caribbean.
Ike Amobi from the Nigerian Cultural Center says there are around 3,000 migrants from his old country and his stand was trying to show how food from that country is their own.
"Our food is a bit testy. It's full of spice. What we chose to do this festival is to have just three main courses...we have hot dog...and, of course, we will have plantain," Amobi.
Amobi says French fries go with the hot dogs in some one else's food stand.