Juneteenth

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Saturday, June 19th

African Cemetery No. 2

10 am to 2 pm

Experience an encampment with the 12th Heavy Artillery Regiment of Camp Nelson.

Enjoy food cooked outside and served military style in a mess tent.

Hear the stories of women and men who fought for our freedom during the Civil War.

View Civil War artifacts.

African Cemetery No. 2, Inc., Isaac Scott Hathaway Museum, Inc.

Patrice Muhammad, Roots & Heritage Parade Committee,

Andrea James, 1st District Council, and Jill Wilson, LFUCG Parks & Recreation

Presented

Juneteenth

Saturday, June 13, 2009

10:00 to 11:30 AM

African Cemetery No. 2

419 East Seventh Street

Civil War Soldier's Encampment

Men of the 12th Heavy Artillery re-enactors of Camp Nelson pitched camp in the cemetery. They told the stories of enslaved men who escaped to join the Union Army and relayed what their experiences had been during the Civil War. The morning ended with the playing of taps by a member of the Elijah P. Marrs Veterans group.

Profiles of United States Colored Troops

Five young people in the Health Department's Summer Program and a young lady from First African Baptist Church read biographical information about those veterans and others buried in the cemetery as visitors toured the grounds.

_{Photos courtesy G. Maddock}

Holding the event in the cemetery is one of the most unique and significant of all the celebrations across the country. The cemetery holds the remains of veterans who fought for the freedom that came with the abolition of slavery. Nearly one hundred youth and adults learned of their sacrifice, contributions to history and the upward movement of African Americans after Emancipation.

THANK YOU to students participating in the Hugh O'Brian Leadership Conference held in Lexington, June 4th to the 7th this year. They created the banner for Juneteenth and made smaller flags which were carried by individuals during the Parade of Flags.

_{Photo by Y. Giles}

Parade of Flags of African Nations

Fifty marched and carried one of the flags representing an African nation as well as a smaller flags created by the HOBY groups.

The African drum procession lead us from the Cemetery to Chestnut Street to Breckinridge Avenue to Shorpshire Avenue to Fifth Street to the Community Center.

_{Photo courtesy G. Maddock}

12 Noon to 4 PM

William Wells Brown Community Center

548 East Fifth Street

Speakers, Exhibits, Food, Music

Dr. Necia Harkless, author Nubian Pharaohs and Meroitic Kings

Ron Spriggs, Tuskegee Airmen

Janet Givens-Clayborne - Gambia, Africa

Shirley Hayden, author Women of Nelson

C.C. Reaves, Tiarah Chappell & friends, singers

Jim Embry - Sustain Lexington

Rosetta Quisenberry, author Saga of the Black Man

Reinette Jones and Rob Aken, co-creators of the Notable Kentucky African Americans website

ART by youth of the Teen Center

Exhibit of William Wells Brown by Bryant Station Middle School student

Exhibit of Civil War era artifacts by Henry Clay High School History Class

Exhibits by Bluegrass Trust for Historic Preservation

Exhibits by the Isaac Scott Hathaway Museum

Free! Learning and fun for the whole family!

For more information call, 859/361-2813