Celebrate JUNETEENTH at LYMAN POINT PARK, White River Jct., 3:30-5:30; share in speeches and entertainment: JAG productions; Dia Draper, 15 years leading diversity, equity & inclusion (DEI) events in the Upper Valley and now Tuck School DEI Ass't. Dean; VT Senator Kesha Ram Hinsdale, also a candidate for U.S Congress; VT Rep. Kevin "Coach" Christie, Hartford School Board Chair; Maggi Ibrahim, Hartford School District Equity Coordinator; and more. Food, beverages.

Juneteenth, a federal holiday, commemorates the end of enslavement in the United States. Although President Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863, the news did not reach the enslaved people in Texas until former Union soldiers arrived two years later in Galveston, TX to share the Emancipation Proclamation on June 19. Sponsored by Town of Hartford & Hartford Committee on Racial Equity and Inclusion.

Joe Major, MC, jmajor@uvacswim.org

Dec 4, 2024, 10 to 11 AM

Dec 7, 2024, 11 AM

Dec 8, 2024, 10 AM to 12 PM