Juneteenth Event – Exhibit Chat & Walking Tour: Whose American Revolution?
Schedule
Sat Jun 17 2023 at 12:00 pm to 02:30 pm
Location
Newark Public Library (Main Library) | Newark, NJ
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✨✨✨Juneteenth Event – Exhibit Chat & Walking Tour: Whose American Revolution? The Stories of Slavery and Indigenous History in the Monuments of Newark’s Harriet Tubman SquareJune 17, 2023
Newark Public Library, Newark, NJ
*Registration required
So happy to be joining Made by Us again this year in observation of Civic Season (Juneteenth - Fourth of July) a time when we can all reflect on what it means to be American.
12:00PM-1:00PM
Please join us at the Inspire! Newark’s Underground Railroad pop-up exhibition for refreshments and brief comments by historian and artist Noelle Lorraine Williams.
1:30PM-2:30PM
Walking Tour: Whose American Revolution? The Stories of Slavery and Indigenous History in the Monuments of Harriet Tubman Square
Join us for a walking tour of Harriet Tubman Square to illuminate the various ways in which the park’s 18th and 19th-century statues and monuments connect with stories of revolution, slavery, Black liberation and Indigenous history.
*Note for successful registration you must indicate if you are attending one or both programs.
Registration link: https://bit.ly/warregister
Meet-up will be at the James Brown African American Room at Newark Public Library, 5 Washington Street, 2nd Floor, Newark, NJ.
The New Jersey Historical Commission’s African American History Program, RevNJ and Newark Public Library @jbaar_npl are co-sponsors of this event.
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Where is it happening?
Newark Public Library (Main Library), 5 Washington St. Main Entrance,Newark,NJ,United StatesEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
