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Juneteenth: A re-enactment & Commemoration

 
Monday, June 19, 2023  10:00am  04:00pm
   

     

A re-enactment and living history program commemorating the “Juneteenth” celebration of the end of slavery in Texas in 1865.  It will feature a reading of the actual declaration, issued in Galveston, Texas on June 19, 1865, and a wide variety of re-enactments, performances and demonstrations bringing to life the era of the Civil War.  There will also be a special performance of appropriate selections by the gospel choir of the Greater Centennial A.M.E. Zion Church of Mt. Vernon, New York, and a wreath-laying ceremony, in the historic cemetery, at the graves of two Black soldiers who served in Union Army regiments that were stationed in Texas in June of 1865.   

 
Location     St. Paul's Church N.H.S., 897 S. Columbus Av., Mt Vernon, NY
Contact      David Osborn, 914-667-4116
Extra Info    FREE

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