When the Declaration of Independence was written, not everyone was included in the famous statement about “Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness.” Our promise is bright and our past is complicated– this conversation gives you a chance to assess how we’re doing and what your personal commitment to creating the America you want is. […]
In collaboration with the National History Day Organization, the National Museum of American History's three public floors will be taken over by 50 table-top displays created by middle and high school students competing in the 2024 National History Day contest. Students will also present a selection of their own performances between 1 and 5 p.m. […]
“The Negro Motorist Green Book” looks at the reality of travel for African Americans in mid-century America and how this annual guide served as an indispensable resource for the nation’s rising African American middle class. This special exhibit includes artifacts from business signs and postcards to historic footage, images and firsthand accounts to convey not […]
Saturday, June 15th from 11:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m. ET Join the APS for this Civic Season Kick-Off as we learn about the Declaration of Independence and reflect on what it means to you. Learn about the differences between the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution, try your hand at putting back together the preamble of […]
Music & Migration with Del Sol Quartet Saturday, June 15, 2024, at 11:30 AM 12:30 PM in the Angel Island Immigration Station Detention Barracks Museum. FREE with admission to the museum. $5 adult /$3 youth. Requires a ferry ride! Featuring Takuma Itoh’s “American Postcards - Picture Brides” Come experience the multi-faceted experience of Angel Island […]
Celebrating Juneteenth with a jazz jubilee, the Festival brings a talent-packed triple bill to the Plaza headlined by trombone master Steve Turre, this year’s artist in residence. Instantly recognizable from his almost four-decade tenure in the Saturday Night Live band, Turre gained early attention performing and recording with reed legend Rahsaan Roland Kirk and trumpet […]
Gather for Juneteenth to honor those who endured slavery and seized freedom on Brattle Street, their living descendants, and the long history of Black freedom activism in Cambridge and beyond. This free, all-ages event will feature a community gathering with speeches by living descendants, Juneteenth # Pop-Up Poetry, A Denise Plays Hard Event; music, historical […]
Join the Wyoming State Museum along with a collaborative of local and statewide organizations for a summertime celebration of who we are as a nation, how we got here and where we want to go next. On the main stage you’ll jam out to live music, enjoy an exuberant mini debate organized by Braver Angels, […]
Join us on Juneteenth at the Public Armory for talks and demonstrations by Master Blacksmith Darryl Reeves, a third-generation metal worker and owner of Andrew's Welding & Blacksmith Shop in New Orleans' Seventh Ward. In addition to his contemporary furniture and decorative art creations, Reeves is the most celebrated architectural blacksmith in the Gulf South. […]
The Williamsburg Bray School Initiative will host a conversation to explore how which individuals made freedom for themselves in Williamsburg, past and present. Meet with descendants, historians, and other community members as they share how freedom-making shaped those associated with the Bray School Community and beyond. This event has free admission.
Juneteenth marks our country’s second Independence Day. Juneteenth is the oldest nationally celebrated commemoration of the ending of slavery in the United States. On June 19, 1865, over two years after the Emancipation Proclamation was signed and nearly five months after the 13th Amendment was proposed (it would not be ratified until December 6, 1865), […]
Celebrate Juneteenth, the oldest nationally celebrated commemoration of the legal abolition of slavery in the United States, with the Museum of the American Revolution on Tuesday, June 19. Visitors can explore stories of perseverance, leadership, and creativity in the continuing struggle for equality for all through gallery tours, pop-up talks, crafts, and more.