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PEEKSKILL
2023
Saturday, June 17, 2023
Parade: 12:00pm
Downtown Festival: 1:30pm
Juneteenth 2023 Theme
"Discovering our Roots"
THE JUNETEENTH HOLIDAY
Whether you call it Emancipation Day, Freedom Day or the country’s second Independence Day, Juneteenth is one of the most important anniversaries in our nation’s history.
On June 19, 1865, Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger, who had fought for the Union, led a force of soldiers to Galveston, Texas, to deliver a very important message: The war was finally over, the Union had won, and it now had the manpower to enforce the end of slavery.
The announcement came two months after the effective conclusion of the Civil War, and even longer since President Abraham Lincoln had first signed the Emancipation Proclamation, but many enslaved Black people in Texas still weren’t free, even after that day.
After they were freed, some former slaves and their descendants would travel to Galveston annually in honor of Juneteenth. That tradition soon spread to other states. ln 2021, Juneteenth became an official federal holiday.
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PARADE ROUTE
PEEKSKILL JUNETEENTH PARADE
Saturday, June 17, 2023
Kickoff at 12:00pm
Park Street A.M.E. Zion Church
1220 Park Street, Peekskill, NY 10566
JOIN US! MARCH IN THE PARADE
Calling all Civic Organizations, Schools,
Non-Profits, Churches, Dance Groups, Elected Officials, Sororities, and Fraternities!
Feel free to walk, ride or design a float!
DEADLINE TO REGISTER FOR PARADE
CLOSED on MONDAY, MAY 22, 2023
JUNETEENTH FESTIVAL VENDORS
2023 VENDOR INFORMATION:
JUNETEENTH 2023 IS SATURDAY, JUNE 17, 2023
THE FESTIVAL BEGINS AT 1:30PM.
VENDOR TABLES SHOULD BE SET UP BEFORE 11:30AM.
Community Vendor Tables are FREE!
Craft VENDORS or anyone SELLING items must pay a fee of $25.00.
Please make a check or money order payable to: City of Peekskill
840 Main Street, Peekskill, NY 10566
(in Memo, please place, Juneteenth.
Community & Vendor table registration closed
on Monday, May 22, 2023.
JUNETEENTH VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES
8:00AM - 10:00AM: (1) HELP DECORATE PARADE ROUTE (2) HELP DECORATE MAIN PERFORMANCE STAGE (3) HELP TAPE DOWN 10 X 10 VENDOR SPACES - (4) HELP SET UP REGISTRATION TABLES FOR PARADE (5) HELP SET UP REGISTRATION TABLES FOR VENDORS
10:00AM - 12:00PM (1) HELP WITH VENDOR TABLE SET UP AS NEEDED (2) HELP WITH PARADE SET UP
12:00PM - 1:00PM - HELP KEEP PARADE FLOWING SMOOTHLY
1:00pm - 2:00PM - HELP TO TRANSITION FROM PARADE TO DOWNTOWN FESTIVAL (2) HELPING WITH WATER AND LIGHT REFRESHMENTS FOR PARADE PARTICPANTS
2:00PM - 4:00PM - (1) HELP WITH TASKS TO KEEP FESTIVAL RUNNING SMOOTHLY (2) WORK WITH M.C. TO GET PERFORMERS TO THE STAGE (3) CHECK IN WITH VENDOR TABLES
4:00PM - 6:00PM- (1) VOLUNTEERING TO KEEP EVENT RUNNING SMOOTHLY (2) WORK WITH M.C. TO GET PERFORMERS TO THE STAGE ON TIME
6:00PM - 8:00PM (1) STARTING TO CLEAN UP/REYCLING
QR Code to Volunteer
To register to volunteer:
https://bit.ly/3MTYe29
JUNETEENTH 2023 ENTERTAINMENT
HIP HOP JUGGLER
BRI THE ARTIST
NECS' Joyful Noise
X-FACTOR DRUM LINE
MAGIC SOUL MARCHING BAND
PEEKSKILL HIGH SCHOOL MARCHING BAND
COBRA MARCHING BAND
PEEKSKILL S.T.A.R.S.
FUN BUNCH LINE DANCING
PAUL FAMILY SINGERS
PEEKSKILL SINGERS
Just the Place
Ernest Billups
HARVARD SCHOLARS
JUNETEENTH 2023 ENTERTAINMENT - Youtube Videos
HIP HOP JUGGLER
X-FACTOR DRUMLINE
JUST THE PLACE
2023 JUNETEENTH COMMITTEE
Ms. Priscilla Augustin
Min. Micah Benson
Dr. Margie Daniels
Dr. Valya Dessaure
Ms. Valerie Eaton
Rev. Valerie Paul-Greenway
Ms. Renee Kearse
Rev. Robert Kilpatrick
Mr. Martin McDonald
Ms. Tuesday Paige McDonald, Chair.
Rev. James Perry
For more information, please contact:
Tuesday Paige McDonald, MPA
Executive Director
City of Peeskill Youth Bureau
914-734-4149
tmcdonald@cityofpeekskill.com
2023 JUNETEENTH PARTNERS
ArtsWestchester
Black Diamonds Academic Success Program
Fidelis Care
Mt. Olivet Baptist Church
New York Presbyterian Hudson Valley Hospital
Park Street A.M.E. Zion Church·
Peekskill BID (Business Improvement District)
Peekskill NAACP
Peekskill School District
Sun River Health
Swan Business Solutions
United Methodist Church of Peekskill
WIN Waste Innovations
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated
Xi Chi Omega Chapter
Westchester Cars & Cofee
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