Events honor Juneteenth
Arts, music, tours ready to celebrate emancipation
Juneteenth celebrates the anniversary of the day enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, learned of their emancipation — more than two years after then-president Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation. June 19, also known as Emancipation Day, has been a federal holiday since 2021.
Several organizations, centers and individuals will mark Juneteenth with events on and around Sunday.
Friday-sunday
Hamilton Hill Arts Center’s Celebrating the End of Slavery. Various times all three days; Friday at Vale Park in Schenectady, Saturday at Central Park in Schenectady, and Sunday at Sankofa Sculpture Park in Schenectady. The events are free.
Saturday
Juneteenth Freedom Festival by the African American Cultural Center of the Capital Region.
Noon to 5 p.m. from 105 S. Pearl St. to Morton Avenue in Albany. Free.
Quintocracy for Juneteenth. Music by Black composers. 10 a.m. at Troy Public Library, 100 Second St., Troy. Register for the event.
“Original Document Day,” 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Matthewis Persen House Museum, 74 John St., Kingston. Presented by the Ulster County Clerk’s Office. Documents related to Sojourner Truth, as well as an exhibit about her life, will be on display. Free admission.
Sunday
Proctor’s Juneteenth Celebration with Sidney Outlaw. 2:30 p.m. at 432 State St., Schenectady. $25 tickets. Saratoga Springs Preservation Foundation’s tour “Brandtville Boogie” with Carol Daggs, 10:30 a.m. Historically Africanamerican rural farming community highlights Crescent Street and Doten Avenue. Meet at 29 Doten Ave. $20. Visit saratogapreservation.org call 518-587-5030,