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Juneteenth - The History
(Site: https://nmaahc.si.edu/explore/stories/historical-legacy-juneteenth)
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(Site: https://nmaahc.si.edu/explore/stories/historical-legacy-juneteenth)
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The Historical Legacy of Juneteenth
On “Freedom’s Eve,” or the eve of January 1, 1863, the first Watch Night services took place. On that night, enslaved and free African Americans gathered in churches and private homes all across the country awaiting news that the Emancipation Proclamation had taken effect. At the stroke of midnight, prayers were answered as all enslaved people in Confederate States were declared legally free. Union soldiers, many of whom were black, marched onto plantations and across cities in the south reading small copies of the Emancipation Proclamation spreading the news of freedom in Confederate States. Only through the Thirteenth Amendment did emancipation end slavery throughout the United States.
But not everyone in Confederate territory would immediately be free. Even though the Emancipation Proclamation was made effective in 1863, it could not be implemented in places still under Confederate control. As a result, in the westernmost Confederate state of Texas, enslaved people would not be free until much later. Freedom finally came on June 19, 1865, when some 2,000 Union troops arrived in Galveston Bay, Texas. The army announced that the more than 250,000 enslaved black people in the state, were free by executive decree. This day came to be known as "Juneteenth," by the newly freed people in Texas...
Read more here: https://nmaahc.si.edu/explore/stories/historical-legacy-juneteenth
Celebrating Juneteenth and Related Events
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Juneteenth Cookout
June 11, 1 - 5 p.m.
Federal Way Town Square Park, 31600 Pete Von Reichbauer Way S., Federal Way
Federal Way Black Collective
Music, Food, Family FunJuneteenth Freedom Celebration
Thursday, June 15, 5 - 8 p.m.
Tollefson Plaza, 1548 Commerce Street
Family friendly celebration with music and performances. Add your hand print to the Black Lives
Matter mural designed by Dionne Bonner
@cityoftacomaTacoma Cease Fire presents Juneteenth at Wright Park
Saturday, June 17, 2023
Wright Park, 501 S I St, Tacoma
Event Start: 12 noon
Parade Kick-off: 11 am
Live music, food trucks, parade, vendors, car meet up, dog show and more
#Juneteenth253Eastside Honoring Juneteenth Celebration of Freedom
June 17, 11:30 - 4 p.m.
Juanita Beach Park, 9703 NE Juanita Dr., Kirkland
#eastsideforallTacoma Urban League Juneteenth Celebration, A Road to Economic Freedom
June 19, 11 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Stewart Heights Park, 5715 Reginald Gutierrez Ln, Tacoma
Juneteenthwa.com | #JuneteenthwaLegallyBLACK presents another Juneteenth Celebration, "The Colorful Road To Freedom"
June 19, 6:19 p.m.
People's Park in Hilltop, 900 M.L.K. Jr Way, Tacoma
Celebrate Juneteenth! Please share this event with your network and supporters. This event is open to all.Africatown Land Trust
Africatown Summer of Soul Series
Juneteenth, June 19
Jimmi Hendrix Park
Soul On The Water, July 1
Pier 62
Reunion On Union, July 15
23rd and Union
For more details visit www.summerofsoulseries.orgJoin The Current for Piecing it Together: A Collage workshop by Moe'Neyah Holland
Space is limited, so prior registration is required!
RSVP here.
Date and time: June 23rd, 4:30 -6 pm
Location: Tacoma Art Museum, Cheney classroom, 3rd floor
Questions? Please contact Artist Award Manager, Victoria Miles, vmiles@tacomaartmuseum.org.Black Night Market
June 30, 4 p.m. - 10 p.m.
LeMay ACM Haub Family Field
2702 E D Street, Tacoma WA
Food trucks, vendors, live music, family fun
Black Night Market Website -- https://www.blacknightmarket.com/
RSVP on the website for June 30 - https://www.blacknightmarket.com/rsvp-june-30-2023
2023 Events - https://www.blacknightmarket.com/2023-bnm-events