Truth Project's 2009 6th Annual Juneteenth Event

Event Details

Time: June 6, 2010 all day
Location: tennis courts in Elizabeth Park in West Hartford, CT
City/Town: Hartford
Event Type: juneteenth
Organized By: Truth Project, Inc non-profit organization
Latest Activity: Aug 14

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Event Description

Public Service Announcements

The Truth Project, Inc

PLEASE JOIN US FOR OUR
6TH ANNUAL JUNETEENTH EVENTS
Contact Information: Ruth Flemming Truthproject1@yahoo.com

The Truth Project’s Juneteenth Events primary purpose is to build community awareness around the Juneteenth Celebration. Proceeds raised will Fund Truth Project’s educational and historical initiatives. Most of The Truth Project’s Juneteenth events are free or open to the public to attend.

Join us in the month of June for our celebration of “Juenteenth”! The Connecticut General Assembly designated ‘the Saturday closest to June 19th, annually, as Juneteenth Independence Day, in recognition of the formal emancipation of enslaved African-American pursuant to General Order No. 3rd of June 19, 1865, in Galveston, Texas.”
Any additional questions regarding participation by schools, vendor’s tables, artist’s space or corporate sponsorship please emails us TruthProject1@yahoo.com or JuneteenthEvents@Yahoo.com for entry forms to the Tennis Tournament or Step Show

TRUTH PROJECT’S HIGHLIGHTS OF JUNETEENTH EVENTS
Date: June 6, 2009 8:30 to 4:30 p.m. Juneteenth Tennis Tournament this event will be at thetennis courts in Elizabeth Park in West Hartford, CT (Open to public)

Date: June 13, 2009 9:30 a.m. A salute honoring Connecticut’s 29th colored Regiment of 1863. 10:30 a.m. Opening Ceremonies will take place on the steps of the State Capital. Participants include Simpson Waverly Color Guard Team, AI Prince Step Team & African American History
Academy and Gospel Group TBA (Open to public)

Date: June 19, 2009 7:00 -9:00 p.m.
Juneteenth Step Show at The Hartford Armory,
360 Broad Street
Hartford, CT 06105
Telephone: (860)524-4991
Email JuneteenthStepShow@Yahoo.com

Please come out in support of the Truth Project’s Inc. Juneteenth Independence Day of cultural events and Connecticut Senate bill 343. Let us honor our ancestors by learning from the past as we take the steps of freedom, which in their sprits shall forever last.

SEEK THE TRUTH LEARN THE TRUTH KNOW THE TRUTH SHARE THE TRUTH AND BE EMPOWERED BY THE TRUTH.