Sunday, May 14, 2023

Lincolnville Museum and Cultural Center in St. Augustine Celebrates Juneteenth with Four Concerts June 15-18, 2023


A weekend of of music, history, culture, 
food and fun in the nation’s oldest city - 
where Emancipation began!
Weekend Events:
St. Augustine Celebrates Juneteenth*!
June 15 - 19, 2023
Click HERE for Info and Details on All Events.
Concert Specific Links Below.

Thursday, June 15, 2023 
Celebrate Juneteenth: “Respect: 
Soul Music and the Civil Rights Movement”
Lecture by John Capouya 
(Live and Online)
and
Celebrate Juneteenth: 
Marcus Click Concert

Friday, June 16, 2023
Lincolnville Museum and Cultural Center's
 debute of new exhibit:
"Black Businesses in St. Augustine"
and
The Mahøgånëë Xperīence
A music, art and Gullah Geechee cultural experience.

Saturday, June 17, 2023
Juneteenth Festival: 
Grammy Winner Dom Flemons Concert -
SOLD OUT!

Sunday, June 18, 2023
Juneteenth Festival: Heritage Brunch Concert
featuring Longineu Parsons

Monday, June 19, 2023
Juneteenth Street Festival

CONCERT DETAILS

Thursday, June 15, 2023 ~ 7pm
#1 hit on the Smooth Jazz billboard!
at
Lincolnville Museum 
and Cultural Center
Excelsior Room
102 Martin Luther King Ave
St. Augustine FL 32084

Friday, June 16, 2023 ~ 7pm
A music, art and Gullah Geechee cultural experience.
at
Lincolnville Museum 
and Cultural Center
Excelsior Room
102 Martin Luther King Ave
St. Augustine FL 32084

Saturday, June 17, 2022 ~ 7pm
Grammy Award Winner and Founding Member
of the Carolina Chocolate Drops
w/ Bad Dog Mama opening
at
The Waterworks
184 San Marco Avenue 
St. Augustine, FL 32084 
SOLD OUT!

Sunday, June 18, 2022 ~ 11:30am
HERITAGE BRUNCH
Catering by Heart & Soulfood
World-touring Jazz Performer, Educator, Composer.
at
Lincolnville Museum 
and Cultural Center
102 Martin Luther King Ave
St. Augustine FL 32084

Why go to one event, when you can stay the weekend? Book your Juneteenth weekend at the Homewood Suites. Located just a 6 minute drive away from the museum, the Homewood Suites is offering reduced rates for anyone attending the Juneteenth events at the LMCC. Click HERE to book your stay or call 1.800.HILTONS and give the reservationist your code: JUN! There are limited rooms available until May 26, 2023, so act now! 

About the Lincolnville Museum and Cultural Center
The Lincolnville Museum and Cultural Center opened in 2007 in the historic Excelsior High School building, the first public high school for African-Americans in St. Augustine. Built in 1925, the building sits in the heart of the Lincolnville Historic District, which has many civil rights era sites and markers. The museum preserves, perpetuates and promotes St. Augustine’s and America’s African-American history through exhibits, permanent displays, educational and cultural programs, live performances and community involvement. To learn more, visit www.lincolnvillemuseum.org or call 904-824-1191.

*Juneteenth, official name of federal holiday Juneteenth National Independence Day, also called Emancipation Day, Freedom Day, Jubilee Day, Black Independence Day, and Juneteenth Independence Day, holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the United States, observed annually on June 19.

In 1863, during the American Civil War, Pres. Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, which declared more than three million slaves living in the Confederate states to be free. More than two years would pass, however, before the news reached African Americans living in Texas. It was not until Union soldiers arrived in Galveston, Texas, on June 19, 1865, that the state’s residents finally learned that slavery had been abolished. The former slaves immediately began to celebrate with prayer, feasting, song, and dance.

The following year, on June 19, the first official Juneteenth celebrations took place in Texas. The original observances included prayer meetings and the singing of spirituals, and celebrants wore new clothes as a way of representing their newfound freedom. Within a few years, African Americans in other states were celebrating the day as well, making it an annual tradition. Celebrations have continued across the United States into the 21st century and typically include prayer and religious services, speeches, educational events, family gatherings and picnics, and festivals with music, food, and dancing.


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