Annual Bellingham Juneteenth Celebration
For the Second Annual Bellingham Juneteenth Celebration, we invited the community for a day of joyful honoring and remembering of freedom for all people in the United States.
Juneteenth is the oldest known celebration commemorating the ending of slavery in the United States. Dating back to 1865, it was on June 19th that the Union soldiers, led by Major General Gordon Granger, landed at Galveston, Texas with news that the war had ended and that the enslaved were now free. Juneteenth Celebrations are a positive platform for encouraging the acceptance of diversity and offer an opportunity to gain a better understanding of the sacrifices and challenges Enslaved Americans endured to achieve freedom.
This celebration took place on Saturday June 15, 2019 from 4pm- Dusk at Maritime Heritage Park at the Maritime Amphitheater as a community picnic. There was live music by Funk/Soul/R&B Band Miz Floes & Sound, Jazz/Blues Band, J. Sherwood Jazz Project, Hip Hop Drof Goldz, and a live dance performance by Rumba Northwest, Native Flute by Peter Ali, step dance, kids kroner, food vending, a gospel choir, community organizations tabling, and more. Kristina Michele, founder of Whisky Productions, mc’ed and directed the flow.
