Juneteenth 2024
Healing our soul
Art gallery opening & reception
June 14th
6:00pm – 10:00pm
Historical Society Speaker
“Preserving black history in columbus”
June 18th 6:00pm
Lego Stem Camp
June 17th – 21st
9:00AM – 12:00pm
Advanced Lego Stem Camp
June 24th – 28th
9:00AM – 12:00pm
Blood Drive
June 19th
10:30AM – 4:30pm
‘Taste of Color’
June 22nd
6:00pm – 10:00pm
Juneteenth Jubilee
June 22nd
10:00am – 6:00pm
Event Timeline
10:00am – 11:30am – Bartholomew County Library
Author Michael Twitty Talk “Keeping Family Recipes Alive”
11:30am – 4:00pm – 4th Street Entertainment District
Welcome & Blessing Kid Zone & Healthy Corner open on 5th Street Bounce House, Crafts, Free Icees, & More!
11:45am – 1:00pm – First Christian Church
Healthy Corner Event
12:00pm – 2:00pm – 411 Art Gallery
One Drop Art Exhibit
12:30pm – 1:30pm – Columbus Area Visitors Center
Columbus Black History Tour Group 1
1:30pm – 2:30pm – The Crump
Why History Matters Panel moderated by Stephanie Carmer
2:45pm – 3:45pm – Bartholomew County Library
Author Michael Twitty Talk “How I Found My Soul in Soul Food”
4:00pm – 5:00pm – Columbus Area Visitors Center
Columbus Black History Tour Group 2
4:30pm – 4th Street Entertainment District
NAACP Red Food Booth Opens
5:15pm – 6:15 – 4th Street Entertainment District
Juneteenth Ceremony Mayoral Proclamation, Reenactment, Music, Singing, & Dancing
The Origin of Juneteenth
On June 19, 1865, nearly two years after President Abraham Lincoln emancipated enslaved Africans in America, Union troops arrived in Galveston Bay, Texas with news of freedom. More than 250,000 African Americans embraced freedom by executive decree in what became known as Juneteenth or Freedom Day. With the principles of self-determination, citizenship, and democracy magnifying their hopes and dreams, those Texans held fast to the promise of true liberty for all.
– National Museum of African American History & Culture
President Joe Biden signed a bill making Juneteenth the eleventh American federal holiday in 2021, the first to obtain legal observance as a federal holiday since Martin Luther King Jr. Day was designated in 1983.