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Celebrate Juneteenth With Events Throughout the Region

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Welcome to Friday, D.C. You made it to the end of the week and the start of a long weekend. Monday is Juneteenth, the (newish) federal holiday memorializing the end to slavery in the United States two years after the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation. On June 19, 1865, Union soldiers arrived in Galveston Bay, Texas, to announce that all enslaved people were freed by executive decree.

There are plenty of events around D.C. to celebrate the historic day. Here are a few that you might consider, and don’t forget that the D.C. Dyke March was postponed from last week due to bad air quality. The event starts today, June 16, at 6:30 p.m. at Lafayette Square.

Scotland Juneteenth Heritage Festival kicks off Saturday, June 17, with the Du-Drop Inn Revue at the Bethesda Blues & Jazz Club. Sunday’s events include an interfaith worship service led by Rev. Dr. Evalina Huggins, Rabbi Evan Krame, Rev. Nancy Ladd, and others at the Hilton Doubletree Hotel in Gaithersburg and a cleanup day at Cabin John Regional Park. On Monday, there’s a Juneteenth 5K road race and one-mile family walk, music and dance performances at Cabin John Village, a children’s carnival, and a baseball and softball skills clinic and baseball game honoring Clarence Pint Isreal, a former Negro League player from Montgomery County. The festival concludes with a Freedom Day concert at the Anthem, headlined by Wyclef Jean and Tarrus Riley. Click here for the full schedule of events.

Check out One Life: Frederick Douglass, a new exhibit at the National Portrait Gallery that explores the legacy of the famed abolitionist through memorabilia and photos from his life. (Read more about the exhibit from staffer Camila Bailey below.)

Juneteenth Community Day, on Saturday, at the National Museum of African American History and Culture features several activities including storytelling, musical performances, and jewelry making. 

The Juneteenth Chocolate City Pop-up Art Market at metrobar will “serve to showcase and highlight the history and legacy of DC’s central Black culture, power, and identity through the arts, and will feature artwork from local artisans and vendors.” Check out live art and body painting, go-go music, graffiti demonstrations, Chocolate City cocktails, and more. 

Sisterhood Supper is back for a third year to celebrate Black women in food agriculture, nutrition, and dietetics. Put on by WANDA (Women Advancing Nutrition Dietetics and Agriculture), the Saturday event at Oxon Run Park features a cooking demonstration, candlemaking, vendors, food, and more. Check out WANDA’s Instagram for more details.

Go check out the Emancipation Proclamation and General Order No. 3, on display together at the National Archives. President Abraham Lincoln signed the proclamation in 1863, declaring all enslaved people in the South were freed. Two years later, on June 19, 1865, Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger issued General Order No. 3, informing the people of Texas that all enslaved people were free.

Fly Zyah Credit: Darrow Montgomery / file

Juneteenth Freedom Celebration at the Anacostia Community Museum runs from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Monday, June 19, and features musical performances from Fly Zyah, Too Much Talent Band, The Experience Band, and others. Plus, an urban gardening workshop, East of the River trivia, and Double Dutch.

Step Afrika! at Strathmore features the local premiere of The Movement from Conrad Kelly II as well as other performers. Plus, there’s a preshow step workshop and postshow discussion with members of Step Afrika!.

Celebrate Juneteenth at the Brookland Arts Walk on Sunday, June 18, has a full schedule of events featuring the Coyaba Dance Theater, DJ M$NP, artist Melanie Royster, author of Bubble Sea Danielle Marietta, and others.

Miss Juneteenth is screening at the Kennedy Center for free tonight at 8 p.m.

Freedom and Fashion: A Juneteenth Conversation and Crank will honor pioneers of D.C. urban wear and explore the past, present, and future of streetwear in the District on Monday, June 19, at the newly opened Sycamore & Oak in Congress Heights. Plus, performances by Black Alley and TOB.

Sounds of the City: Juneteenth Kickback at the Anacostia Arts Center features pop-ups from Black-owned businesses, a go-go DJ, and an Ebony Fashion Fair on Sunday, June 17, from noon to 5 p.m.

Mitch Ryals (tips? mryals@washingtoncitypaper.com)



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