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Juneteenth
2024
Juneteenth — the 19th of June of every
year has been a national holiday in the United States since
President Joe Biden signed the bill, Pub. L. 117-17, on
June 17, 2021. For many decades the joy of Juneteenth has
been celebrated in Black communities with family and community
gatherings.
This year, the FAUCC is celebrating
by organizing the Delaware City/Polktown Juneteenth Observance.
In conjunction with Main Street, the Delaware City Library
and the Mt. Salem U.A.M.E. Church, we will begin, as the
USCT did, on Shove Off Day, May 25th and end on June 19th.
Planning has begun and has far to go, but we have the enthusiastic
support of the City of Delaware City and many residents,
Black and White, including some descendants of early Polktown
residents.
May 25, Shove Off Day:
10:00-12:30 At the
Delaware City Library, 250 Fifth St., Delaware City:
“African Americans and the Civil War” with Kathy Trusty,
A Delaware Humanities program for children & adults
Interact with the 3rd Regiment, United States Colored
Troops Reenactors
Musical Selections by Charonda
Johnson
3:00 at Fort Delaware State Park:
“Voices
from the Past: Pvt. James H. Elbert, USCT” An FAUCC
program with Willis Phelps
NOTE: Must board the ferry
at Delaware City Battery Park no later than 2:00 PM.
Ferry fee required. Drawing for several free passages
will be held during the morning event.
Friday, June 7, 6 PM
Delaware City’s own Suite Franchon celebrates Juneteenth
in Music, Poetry, and Storytelling for the whole family.
Sponsored by and held at the Delaware City Library, 250
Fifth St., Delaware City.
Sunday, June 16, at 10:00
A.M.:
10:00 Mount Salem U.A.M.E. Church
invites the community to a special Juneteenth worship
service with their congregation, on the church grounds,
305 4th St., Delaware City.
12:00 Community Cookout.
Everyone is invited to a traditional community cookout
offered by the Mount Salem U.A.M.E Church congregation
on the church grounds. Performances by Suite Franchon,
Prianne Hall, Amos Sisters Praise Dancers, and others
celebrating Black history and culture.
June 16 to June 21:
Contemporary photography exhibit by E. Lynn Dilliplane,
“Landscapes of the Delaware Harriett Tubman Underground
Railroad Byway” at The Central Hotel Petite Social, 85
Clinton St., Delaware City. Sponsored by Main Street
Delaware City, Inc.
Wednesday, June 19, at 10:00
A.M.: The federal holiday commemorating the end
of slavery in the United States.
10:00 AM: Juneteenth Memorial
Service, a solemn Ceremony at the African Union Church
Cemetery in honor of those who have fought and who
continue to fight for freedom. Walk to 1840 Michael N.
Castle Trail, Delaware City; enter from 5th Street
across from Community Center. Accessible transportation
available for persons with mobility challenges.
Sponsored by the Friends of the African Union Church
Cemetery (FAUCC).
6:00 P.M.
to 9:00 P.M.: Best Kept Soul, an evening of R&B
and Soul, at the bandstand in Battery Park, 31 Clinton St.,
Delaware City. Sponsored by Main Street Delaware City, Inc.
Friends
Click here
for a flyer!
Click here
for the trifold with complete
information!
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