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Juneteenth 2023 Theme

"Discovering our Roots"

Saturday, June 17, 2023

Downtown Festival: 1:30pm

PEEKSKILL

2023

Parade: 12:00pm

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

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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.

To register to volunteer:

https://bit.ly/3MTYe29

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

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JUNETEENTH VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES

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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

MENTAL ATTRACTION 2.0

Go Go Band - Washington, DC.

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

For more information, please contact:

Tuesday Paige McDonald, MPA

Executive Director

City of Peeskill Youth Bureau

914-734-4149

tmcdonald@cityofpeekskill.com

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

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