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The Third Annual New Paltz Juneteenth Jubilee

Two days of Remembrance and Celebration. Our history. Our story. Our future.

The Third Annual New Paltz Juneteenth Jubilee
The Third Annual New Paltz Juneteenth Jubilee

Time & Location

Jun 18, 2023, 9:45 AM – Jun 19, 2023, 8:00 PM

Multiple locations, New Paltz, NY 12561, USA

About the Event

June 19, 1865 marks the effective end of the slavey when people of African descent in the state of Texas were proclaimed Free. The following year Texans of African descent commemorated June 19 as Jubilee Day. Juneteenth became the National Independence Day, a federal holiday, in 2021.

Join us on Sunday, June 18th and Monday, June 19th for the  third-annual New Paltz Juneteenth Jubilee. The celebration is growing exponentially! Partners  include: Center for Creative Education, Kinston; Elting Memorial Library; Historic Huguenot Street; Margaret Wade-Lewis Black History and Cultural Center; Master’s Touch Ministries; New Paltz Rural Cemetery; NewPaltz United Methodist Church; SUNY Department of Black Studies; Unison Arts; and the Village of New Paltz are teaming up for a Juneteenth Jubilee!

Local Partners 

Arts Mid-Hudson; Center for Creative Education, Kingston; Elting Memorial Library; Historic Huguenot Street; Margaret Wade-Lewis Center for Black History and Culture; Master’s Touch Ministries; New Paltz Rural Cemetery; New Paltz United Methodist Church; SUNY New Paltz Black Studies Department; Unison Arts Center; Village of New Paltz.

Schedule


  • 1 hour

    Fulton and Jane Cox Day - Service

    NPZ United Methodist Church

  • 1 hour

    Fulton and Jane Cox Day - Program

    NPZ United Methodist Church
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