Greenfield's 3rd Annual Juneteenth Celebration!
Wednesday, June 19 2024
https://visitgreenfieldma.com/event/greenfield-juneteenth-celebration/
Wednesday, June 19th 2024
Juneteenth, an annual commemoration of the end of slavery in the United States after the Civil War, has been celebrated by African Americans since the late 1800s.
On June 19, 1865, about two months after the Confederate general Robert E. Lee surrendered at Appomattox, Va., Gordon Granger, a Union general, arrived in Galveston, Texas, to inform enslaved African Americans of their freedom and that the Civil War had ended. General Granger’s announcement put into effect the Emancipation Proclamation, which had been issued nearly two and a half years earlier, on Jan. 1, 1863, by President Abraham Lincoln.
The holiday is also called “Juneteenth Independence Day,” “Freedom Day” or “Emancipation Day.”
EVENT SCHEDULE for Greenfield's Juneteenth: from 1-5pm at Beacon Field
12-1:00: Abdou (African performer)
1-1:30: Welcome, Introduction, speakers
1:30-1:50: NBS Malay
1:50-2:10: Fashion Show (Positively Africana and Fortune Infinite-HIP HOP Wear)
2:10-2:40: Lava Center Frederick Douglass Community Reading (What is the 4th of July to a Slave?)
2:40-3:00: YMCA Dancers
3:00-3:20: Strings for Kids
3:20-3:40: Musica Franklin/Twice as Smart
3:40-4:00: Style FX
4:00-5:00: Thank You’s and music playing
Food Vendors: The Stone Soup Cafe, Food Trucks, The Franklin County Community Meals Program
Meet at Stone Soup Cafe
Meet at Stone Soup Cafe. Load the trailer at the cafe and set up at Beacon Field
Take food orders and payment with the iPad POS system. > Meet at Stone Soup Food Tent at Beacon Field.
Prep Food, serve orders and drinks. > Meet at Stone Soup Food Tent at Beacon Field.
Sell Stone Soup merch! Share who we are and our mission! > Meet at Stone Soup Food Tent at Beacon Field.
Take food orders and payment with the iPad POS system. >> Meet at Stone Soup Food Tent at Beacon Field
Prep Food, serve orders and drinks. > Meet at Stone Soup Food Tent at Beacon Field.
Sell Stone Soup merch! > Meet at Stone Soup Food Tent at Beacon Field.
Take dessert and drink orders with the iPad POS system and selling merch. > Meet at Stone Soup Food Tent at Beacon Field.
Help with breaking down, transporting supplies back to the cafe, and unloading. > Meet at Stone Soup Food Tent at Beacon Field.
Contact the event organizers: Volunteer Coordinator