Celebrate Juneteenth at MCPL
Join one of our many events this June at MCPL to acknowledge, learn about, and commemorate Juneteenth. Union troops arrived in Galveston, Texas, on June 19, 1865, informing the freed slaves there that the Emancipation Proclamation had gfrandted them freedom two years before.
We hope you’ll join our Juneteenth events this month.
Saturday, June 1:
2-3pm
Double Dutch at the Brigadier General Charles E. McGee Library! – in celebration of Juneteenth at Brigadier General Charles E. McGee Library
With the DC Retro Jumpers
Wednesday, June 5:
6:30-7:30pm
Great Escapes: Journeys on Maryland’s Underground Railroad – In honor of Juneteenth at Damascus Library
Join historian Anthony Cohen for a lecture and preview of the upcoming book “Great Escapes: Journeys on Maryland’s Underground Railroad.”
Tuesday, June 11:
4-5:30pm
Jump into Juneteenth, Learning through Crafting – Tweens & Teens Create History at Maggie Nightingale Library
An engaging program to introduce young learners to this historical holiday and to closely look at African American freedom and celebration during this period in American history. REGISTER.
Wednesday, June 12:
5-6pm
Author Talk with Charles Leon Fantroy Jr. – In celebration of Juneteenth at Long Branch Library
Join us as author, writer, motivational speaker, and mentor Charles Leon Fantroy Jr. reads from his collection of poems and talks about his life. You will be inspired by an extraordinary journey!
Saturday, June 15:
1-3pm
A Juneteenth Celebration featuring the Charles Rahmat Woods Quartet – In-person – A Jazzy Juneteenth Celebration! at Aspen Hill Library
Join us for an afternoon of jazz with the Charles ‘Rahmat’ Woods Quartet. Register today!
1-2:30pm
Juneteenth Celebration with a Jazz Trio
Jazz music to celebrate the history of Juneteenth!
2-3pm
African-American Genealogy for Beginners for Juneteenth at Wheaton Library
Chiquita C. Sorrels, President of the Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society, Montgomery County MD Chapter, will give a one-hour lecture about getting started with this subject.
Monday, June 17:
3-4pm
Art at the Library: Juneteenth Flag at Olney Library
Celebrate Juneteenth at the Olney Library by making your own Juneteenth flag!
Sunday, June 30:
3-4pm
History Alive! Juneteenth Event at Chevy Chase Library
Juneteenth Celebration: Tuskegee Airman Historical Reenactment