TRIAD JUNETEENTH AFRICANA FESTIVAL
SATURDAY JUNE 16TH, 2012 11AM
- 5PM
JOEL COLISEUM, WINSTON SALEM N.C.
FREE
AND OPEN TO PUBLIC
OUJuneteenth
is
a celebration of the country's longest-running observance of the abolition of
slavery. It commemorates the day when slaves in the last geographic area
in
America where slavery existed learned of their freedom.
This took place on June 19, 1865, in
Galveston, Texas, when
Union General Gordon Granger read General
Order #3, announcing that
"all slaves are free" by
Proclamation of President Abraham Lincoln. The
Emancipation
Proclamation was signed by President Abraham Lincoln on
September
22, 1862, and issued on January 1, 1863. It took over two and a half
years
for the news to travel to southwest Texas.
As Texans of African American descent
have migrated across the
United States and settled elsewhere, they have
taken the observance of
Juneteenth with them. More and more descendents of
slaves in other states are
joining in the celebration and seeking in some
instances to make the holiday a
legal one in their respective states.
Juneteenth has become a state holiday in
Texas, Massachusetts, Florida,
Oklahoma, Delaware, Alaska, Idaho, Iowa,
California, Wyoming, Illinois,
Missouri, Connecticut, Louisiana, New Jersey, New
York, Colorado, Arkansas,
Oregon, Kentucky, Michigan, New Mexico, Virginia,
Washington State,
Tennessee and the District of Columbia.
Join us as we celebrate and recognize
those African-Americans
who survived the inhumane and cruel institution of
slavery. It is also on
this day we pay homage to the ancestors who kept
safe our language, songs and
customs!
By connecting the present to the past, Juneteenth is a
“homecoming” for all African Americans, helping to define their place within the
African Diaspora.
It was on Sunday,
May 21, 1865, in that slaves gathered in the
African Moravian Church in
Salem (now Winston-Salem) to hear the General Orders read that the
slave population was free. (click here to view Emancipation
in Salem)For information about
visiting this
historic church, please click
here
HERE IS A LINK FOR MORE INFO http://triadculturalarts.org/juneteenth.html
SATURDAY JUNE 16TH, 2012 11AM
- 5PM
JOEL COLISEUM, WINSTON SALEM N.C.
FREE
AND OPEN TO PUBLIC
OUJuneteenth
is
a celebration of the country's longest-running observance of the abolition of
slavery. It commemorates the day when slaves in the last geographic area
in
America where slavery existed learned of their freedom.
This took place on June 19, 1865, in
Galveston, Texas, when
Union General Gordon Granger read General
Order #3, announcing that
"all slaves are free" by
Proclamation of President Abraham Lincoln. The
Emancipation
Proclamation was signed by President Abraham Lincoln on
September
22, 1862, and issued on January 1, 1863. It took over two and a half
years
for the news to travel to southwest Texas.
As Texans of African American descent
have migrated across the
United States and settled elsewhere, they have
taken the observance of
Juneteenth with them. More and more descendents of
slaves in other states are
joining in the celebration and seeking in some
instances to make the holiday a
legal one in their respective states.
Juneteenth has become a state holiday in
Texas, Massachusetts, Florida,
Oklahoma, Delaware, Alaska, Idaho, Iowa,
California, Wyoming, Illinois,
Missouri, Connecticut, Louisiana, New Jersey, New
York, Colorado, Arkansas,
Oregon, Kentucky, Michigan, New Mexico, Virginia,
Washington State,
Tennessee and the District of Columbia.
Join us as we celebrate and recognize
those African-Americans
who survived the inhumane and cruel institution of
slavery. It is also on
this day we pay homage to the ancestors who kept
safe our language, songs and
customs!
By connecting the present to the past, Juneteenth is a
“homecoming” for all African Americans, helping to define their place within the
African Diaspora.
It was on Sunday,
May 21, 1865, in that slaves gathered in the
African Moravian Church in
Salem (now Winston-Salem) to hear the General Orders read that the
slave population was free. (click here to view Emancipation
in Salem)For information about
visiting this
historic church, please click
here
HERE IS A LINK FOR MORE INFO http://triadculturalarts.org/juneteenth.html