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    June Tee NTH Edgewood Park

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    This document provides the schedule for a Juneteenth celebration to be held on June 18, 2011 at Edgewood Park. The event is organized by SWANA (South West Asian Nation of Atonement) and will include reenactments of slaves learning of their emancipation, a funeral for symbols of slavery like shackles and chains, planting seeds of hope, and a wedding ceremony. There will also be food, music, games, arts and crafts, storytelling, and a drum circle. The celebration aims to commemorate the end of slavery in the United States on June 19, 1865 when the last slaves in Texas learned they had been freed.

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    This document provides the schedule for a Juneteenth celebration to be held on June 18, 2011 at Edgewood Park. The event is organized by SWANA (South West Asian Nation of Atonement) and will include reenactments of slaves learning of their emancipation, a funeral for symbols of slavery like shackles and chains, planting seeds of hope, and a wedding ceremony. There will also be food, music, games, arts and crafts, storytelling, and a drum circle. The celebration aims to commemorate the end of slavery in the United States on June 19, 1865 when the last slaves in Texas learned they had been freed.

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    This document provides the schedule for a Juneteenth celebration to be held on June 18, 2011 at Edgewood Park. The event is organized by SWANA (South West Asian Nation of Atonement) and will include reenactments of slaves learning of their emancipation, a funeral for symbols of slavery like shackles and chains, planting seeds of hope, and a wedding ceremony. There will also be food, music, games, arts and crafts, storytelling, and a drum circle. The celebration aims to commemorate the end of slavery in the United States on June 19, 1865 when the last slaves in Texas learned they had been freed.

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    June Tee NTH Edgewood Park

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    Patricia Dillon
    This document provides the schedule for a Juneteenth celebration to be held on June 18, 2011 at Edgewood Park. The event is organized by SWANA (South West Asian Nation of Atonement) and will include reenactments of slaves learning of their emancipation, a funeral for symbols of slavery like shackles and chains, planting seeds of hope, and a wedding ceremony. There will also be food, music, games, arts and crafts, storytelling, and a drum circle. The celebration aims to commemorate the end of slavery in the United States on June 19, 1865 when the last slaves in Texas learned they had been freed.

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    CELEBRATION

    Juneteenth marks the day on June 19, 1865 when union soldiers landed at Galveston and reported that
    the civil war was over and slavery had ended. The Emancipation Proclamation freeing the slaves had
    been in effect since January 1, 1863, but word did not reach Texas for more than two years. Juneteenth
    was declared an official state holiday in Texas in 1980.

    Date- June 18th 2011-Time-1:00-5:00 PM- Place- Edgewood Park


    Event Schedule
    1:00 – Registration, food tickets and face painting.

    2:00-Opening Ceremony- Proclamation reading by City official followed by, the reenactment of
    Abraham Lincoln reading the Emancipation Proclamation. (stage)

    2:30-Witness the reenactment of slaves working hard in the field when word finally arrives by
    messenger that they are free!!! (SWANA Drama)

    2:45- Join us for an outside funeral service as we say our long awaited good-byes to Mr. Shackles and
    Mr. Chains. (SWANA Drama)

    3:00- Grief Release - Releasing whatever is holding you back and moving forward….

    3:15- New Beginnings Garden-Everybody is encouraged to enter into the garden and plant their single
    seed of hope for a better future.

    3:30- You are cordially invited to an old fashioned broom jumping wedding ceremony,
    bring your washboards harmonicas and tambourines. (SWANA Drama)

    3:45- An old fashioned outside classroom where true values were once taught.

    PLUS-Witness 40 Acres and a Mule


    Food, Music, line dancing, pie eating contest, Horseshoe, Face Painting, storytelling, African dance,
    tug of rope, spoon & egg race, Sack Racing, Arts and Crafts,
    raffle, poetry open mic and more…
    ‘CALLING ALL DRUMMERS TO JOIN THE DRUM CIRCLE”
    Anyone who would like to help Sponsor, Volunteer or just be a part of this National Event please
    contact us: [email protected] or 203-891-7055

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