In cooperation with the Lost Souls Public Memorial Project, the event will take place.
This year, the Township will be supporting a Juneteenth event for the first time. An homage to our legacy and Juneteenth celebration, organized in association with the Lost Souls Public Memorial Project, will take place on Saturday, June 15, starting at 1:30 p.m.
The public is welcome to attend the free event, which is suitable for all ages. The East Brunswick Community Arts Center, 721 Cranbury Road, is the location where it will take place.
Before the event begins, guests are welcomed to a reception and refreshments at 1:30 p.m. It will highlight the idea that “a picture is worth a thousand words”—visual storytelling and the narratives that accompany them.
The Lost Souls Public Memorial Project (LSP) trustees will provide a warm greeting to guests and provide updates on the project’s activities.
On June 19, 1865, which is celebrated as Juneteenth, Kristal Langford, Vice President and Historian of the Lost Souls Public Memorial Project, will give a talk about how General Order No. 3 actually brought Eliza’s and her descendants’ freedom to reality.
The memorial will be brought to life by New Jersey native Amber Betances, a landscape architect based in New York and a Rutgers University alumna.
Visitors will have the opportunity to peruse a flip book featuring a selection of photos meant to spark ideas for the remembrance garden’s design throughout the event.
The multi-percussion instrumental group Marshall Hand & Drum Ensemble will also be included in An Homage to Our Legacy, bringing the drumming traditions of the African Diaspora to life.
Poet Liane Stone/Golden Sapphyre, who resides in New Jersey, will recite an original poem that was influenced by the Lost Souls.
Following speeches by East Brunswick Mayor Brad Cohen, Council President Kevin McEvoy, and Council Vice President Dana Zimbicki, and African drumming by the Black Circle Symphony, the Juneteenth flag will be raised by Scouts.
Please click this link for more details about the event: https://lostsoulsmemorialnj.org/event/homage/
A non-profit group called the Lost Souls Public Memorial Project of New Jersey works to honor the lives of Black men, women, and children who were forcibly sold into slavery in the United States.
They were transported from New Jersey and the neighboring areas to plantations in the Deep South in 1818 by authorities in positions of public trust. The project aims to increase awareness of these people’s tales while acknowledging their humanity.
Visit https://lostsoulsmemorialnj.org/ for additional details.
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