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Juneteenth Program at the American Revolution Museum at Yorktown
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37.238766,-76.518199
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Location
200 Water Street
Yorktown, VA
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About Come to an early celebration of Juneteenth at the American Revolution Museum at Yorktown! On June 14, join us for performances that celebrate both the 18th-century connections to Juneteenth as well as the legacies that echo through to today. At 11:30 a.m., Kevin Jones from Claves Unidosâ„¢ will host a pop-up community dance class in the theater. This 30-minute interactive program will take participants through different forms of African dance. Juneteenth admission Admission to the Juneteenth program on June 14 is included with museum admission. Admission to Jamestown Settlement and the American Revolution Museum at Yorktown on June 19, the official Juneteenth holiday, is free for all. Daily at the American Revolution Museum at Yorktown, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Visitors can explore the contributions of both well-known and little-known participants in the Revolutionary War from the first shots fired at the Boston Massacre to the decisive victory at Yorktown and points in between. Stories of enslaved and free African Americans including both Patriots and Loyalists are shared throughout the galleries, like that of Benjamin Banneker, a free African American who became famous in the 1790s as a scientist and writer. Accounts of Billy Flora, an African American hero of the Battle of Great Bridge in 1775, and James Lafayette, an enslaved African American from New Kent County, Virginia, who successfully spied on the British for American forces, come to life in films and an interactive exhibit. Learn more at https://www.jyfmuseums.org/events/programs-activities/juneteenth