2022 Juneteenth Observance
Venue: Solitude (Virginia Tech), Blacksburg
Directions: Google Map Link
Date: Sunday, June 19, 2022
Time: 9:00 - 10:00 AM
Event Types: Miscellaneous, Speaking Engagements
Cost: Free

Description:
The Virginia Tech Office of Inclusion and Diversity presents the 2022 Juneteenth Observance on Sunday, June 19, 2022 at Solitude on the campus of Virginia Tech.

Program Schedule:
• Welcome and Blessing by Vitoria Ferguson
• Honor Song by Earl Blanchard
• Juneteenth and Emancipation History by Victoria Ferguson
• Honoring the Ancestors by All Present
• Reading of the Names by Ryan Spencer
• End of Event: Retire in Peace

Juneteenth, also known as Freedom Day, Jubilee Day, Black Independence Day, and Cel-Liberation Day, is an American holiday that celebrates the emancipation of the last remaining enslaved African Americans in the Confederacy. On June 19, 1865, the Emancipation Proclamation, which had been issued on January 1, 1863, was read to enslaved African Americans in Texas by Gordon Granger. Formerly enslaved people in Galveston celebrated after the announcement, and the following year, organized the first of what became an annual celebration of freedom.

The event will memorialize those who were Enslaved on the land we stand upon.

Copies of the Emancipation Proclamation will be provided and available for those attending.

Admission is free and all are welcome.

Solitude is located at 705 West Campus Drive in Blacksburg, VA on the campus of Virginia Tech.

To view the event flyer, visit: https://i.postimg.cc/XN13HYQG/image.png.

For more information, visit: https://www.inclusive.vt.edu/Programs/juneteenth.html or https://www.facebook.com/inclusivevt/ or https://www.instagram.com/inclusive_vt/.

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